Jack May Martin

Full Name: Jack May Martin
Date of birth: June 16, 1846
Date of death: March 8, 1882

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	11	Jan 11, 1881 - Mar 8, 1882	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke		Cooke, Grayson
H	48	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Sherman / Grayson

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) William O. Davis, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded J.M. Martin, died 3/9/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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Senate District 11
Jan 11, 1881 - Mar 8, 1882
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke, Grayson

House District 48
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sherman / Grayson

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Resolutions and Journal entries

17th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial resolutions for the Hon. Stephen Powers, Senator from the 29th District; the Hon. J.M. Martin, Senator from the 11th District; and the Hon. John T. Buchanan, Senator from the 16th District, 4/22/1882. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, J.M. Martin, pp. 116-118. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
17th Legislature - J.M. Martin had previously served in the House in the 15th Legislature, biographical sketch, pp. 280, 288. Born in Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1848. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Company K, 4th Tennessee Cavalry, Harrison's Brigade, Wharton's Division, Army of Tennessee. Military grave marker, Jack May Martin, birth date 6/16/1846, death date 3/8/1882, burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Death notice, "Death, in Tennessee, of Senator Martin," 3/10/1882, Gainesville, dateline March 9, died last night at 10 o'clock (March 8). Galveston Daily News.
J.M. Martin, "Ready to make laws . . . Eighty members present (House)" (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
Death announcement, Brenham Weekly Banner, 3/16/1882, p. 1, telegram from Saundersville, Tennessee received at Gainesville. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. Martin, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Martin, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Federal Relations Finance Public Lands (Chair) Public Printing (Chair) Revision of Rules Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment State Asylums Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments
15th R.S. - 1876 Agriculture and Stock Raising Education Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) Printing

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