Nathan George Shelley

Full Name: Nathan George Shelley
Date of birth: February 20, 1825
Date of death: January 5, 1898

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Austin / Travis	Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson
S	26	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾		Austin / Travis	Bastrop, Hays, Travis
S	26	Nov 4, 1861 - Apr 1, 1862	9th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾		Austin / Travis	Bastrop, Hays, Travis

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(4) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(5) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(6) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(7) A.W. Moore, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Nathan G. Shelley, resigned 4/1/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8) Nathan G. Shelley, in special election 3/25/1861, sworn in 9th Legislature, succeeded to the unexpired term of Eggleston D. Townes, resigned 3/13/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(9) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal.
(10) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 28
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Austin / Travis
Counties in district: Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

Senate District 26
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Home City/County: Austin / Travis
Counties in district: Bastrop, Hays, Travis

Senate District 26
Nov 4, 1861 - Apr 1, 1862
Legislatures: 9th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Home City/County: Austin / Travis
Counties in district: Bastrop, Hays, Travis

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: N.G. Shelley, Austin, Travis County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 36.
Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: N.G. Shelley, Austin, Travis County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 41. Senate Journal. 11th R.S. 9th R.S.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 440-443. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
SHELLEY, NATHAN GEORGE (1825-1898). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

Company E, 1st Alabama Infantry, Mexican War. Confederate Army of Tennessee. Texas State Troops, Brigadier General. Handbook of Texas Online.
Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, District 26. Nathan George Shelley. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 58-59, 155, Plate No. 64. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.

Photographs

Photograph. N.G. Shelley, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. N.G. Shelley, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. N.G. Shelley, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Photograph. N.G. Shelley, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Counties and County Boundaries Finance (Chair) Impeachment of John G. Scott, Judge of the Tenth Judicial District, Select Impeachment of Judge William Chambers, 1st First Judicial District, Select (Chair) Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court Judiciary No. 2 Public Buildings (Chair) Rules, Select
11th R.S. - 1866 Burning of Brenham, Governor's Message and Accompanying Documents, Select Education Federal Relations Finance Freedmen Judiciary Land Office Lunatic Asylum, Select Manufacturing and Commerce Public Buildings (Chair) State Affairs U.S. Senators, Election of
9th R.S. - 1861 Confederate Relations Finance Indian Affairs Internal Improvements Judiciary Militia and Military Affairs Privileges and Elections (Chair) Retrenchment and Reform State Affairs

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