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Sant. Benavides

Santos Benavides

Full Name: José de los Santos Benavides
Date of birth: November 1, 1823
Date of death: November 9, 1891

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 83 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Laredo / Webb   Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal
H 76 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2) (3) (4) (5)   Unaffiliated Laredo / Webb   Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata
H 76 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (6)   Democrat Laredo / Webb   Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
(2) "In the legislative convention T.W. Keneday, of Starr county, was nominated for representative. Col. Santos Benavides will probably run independent," 10/7/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Election returns list Benavides as an Independent, p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) Independent Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(6) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
18th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Laredo / Webb
Counties in district:
Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal

Legislatures:
17th (2) (3) (4) (5)  
Party:
Unaffiliated
Home City/County:
Laredo / Webb
Counties in district:
Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata

Legislatures:
16th (6)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Laredo / Webb
Counties in district:
Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata

Terms of service notes


(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
(2) "In the legislative convention T.W. Keneday, of Starr county, was nominated for representative. Col. Santos Benavides will probably run independent," 10/7/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Election returns list Benavides as an Independent, p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) Independent Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(6) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩

Biographical Information

  • BENAVIDES, SANTOS (1823-1891). Birth date 11/1/1823. Relatives: Basilio Benavides - uncle; Santos Benavides - nephew. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • BOTAS AND GUARACHES. In 1884, Santos Benavides was instrumental in the formation of the Guarache or citizen's party of South Texas, a faction of the democratic party opposed to the Botas. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Santos Benavides, pp. 613-615. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
  • Biography in the LRL collection, 976.4 T374T 2017. Tejano Tiger: José de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1823-1891, 2017.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 272. Born in Laredo, 11/1/1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 267. Born in Laredo, 11/1/1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
  • Portrait and biographical sketch, Santos Benavides, pp. 324-330, including military correspondence. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

  • Confederate States Army, Colonel, Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Santos Benavides, birth date 11/1/1823, death date 11/9/1891, burial in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Webb County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch, historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
  • 10th Legislature, 1st Called Session, Special Laws, Joint Resolution of thanks to Col. Santos Benavides and the officers and men under his command, approved 5/24/1864. General and Special Laws of the State of Texas.
  • Confederate States Army, Colonel, 33rd Texas Cavalry (or Benavides' Regiment). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • "The highest-ranking Mexican Texan in the Confederate Army," p. xxiv. Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de La Garza and Manuel Yturri, 2011.
  • Santos Benavides, birth date 11/1/1823, death date 11/9/1891. "In 1864 the Texas legislature formally thanked Benavides for his defense of Laredo and the border. Highest ranking Hispanic Confederate." Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
  • Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 28-29, 121, Plate No. 51. Birth date 11/1/1821, death date 11/9/1891. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
  • Detailed account of Confederate States Army service throughout, including portrait. Captain, Benavides' Company, Texas Mounted Rifles; Major, 33rd Texas Cavalry; Colonel, Benavides' Regiment. Appendix A: Confederates, p. 180. Vaqueros in Blue and Gray, 2000.

  • Photograph. Sant. Benavides, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. S. Benavedas, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

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