Martin D. Hart

Full Name: Martin D. Hart
Date of birth: 1821
Date of death: January 23, 1863

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	3	Nov 7, 1859 - Feb 26, 1861	8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾		Greenville / Hunt		Fannin, Hunt
H	9	Nov 5, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾		Greenville / Hunt		Hunt

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Turner L. Greene succeeded Martin D. Hart, resigned 2/26/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(4) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(5) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(6) Kinney and Hart took the oath of office on 11/5/1857, p. 18. House Journal.
(7) Listed in "Representatives Elected: Opposition." Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 3
Nov 7, 1859 - Feb 26, 1861
Legislatures: 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Home City/County: Greenville / Hunt
Counties in district: Fannin, Hunt

House District 9
Nov 5, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Home City/County: Greenville / Hunt
Counties in district: Hunt

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Biographical Sketches

HART, MARTIN D. (1821?-1863). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Martin D. and Hardin Hart mentioned in "Hangings in Hunt and Hopkins Countries, 1863," pp. 68-80. Includes portrait and account of the hanging of Martin Hart. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in account of secession debates and vigilantism in the Sulphur Forks watershed counties of East Texas, pp. 35-41. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Relatives: Martin D. Hart and Hardin Hart - brothers, p. 59. Murder and Mayhem: the War of Reconstruction in Texas, 2003.

Photographs

Photograph. Martin Hart, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

8th R.S. - 1859 Education Finance Judiciary Printing and Contingent Expenses Public Lands Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Penitentiary, Location of a Branch, Select (Chair) Ways and Means for the Protection of the Frontier, Select
7th R.S. - 1857 Delay in the Distribution of the Laws of the 6th R.S. Finance Indian Affairs

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