Elisha Everett Lott

Full Name: Elisha Everett Lott
Date of birth: February 24, 1820
Date of death: January 17, 1864

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
S	10	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Tyler / Smith	Smith, Van Zandt
S	10	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859	6th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ 7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Tyler / Smith	Smith, Van Zandt
S	10	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾	Tyler / Smith	Smith, Van Zandt
H	16	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽¹²⁾	Tyler / Smith	Smith
H	15	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽¹³⁾	Tyler / Smith	Henderson, Smith
H	Nacogdoches	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾	Unknown / Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches

(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) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(3) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(4) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." 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).
(5) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal.
(6) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(7) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(8) 6th Legislature - "The Know-Nothings claimed to have won 11 of 33 seats in the Senate in 1855. Although only 5 - John Caldwell, William H. Martin, William M. Taylor, James W. Flanagan, and Elisha E. Lott - can be positively identified . . .", p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(9) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(10) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(11) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(12) Democrat - E.E. Lott of Smith, Democratic State Convention, January 8-9, 1852, Austin (Delegate to the National Convention), p. 50. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.
(13) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(14) E. Lott, Nacogdoches County. House Journal.
(15) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 10
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith, Van Zandt

Senate District 10
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 6th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ 7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith, Van Zandt

Senate District 10
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith, Van Zandt

House District 16
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th ⁽¹²⁾
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

House District 15
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽¹³⁾
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Henderson, Smith

House District Nacogdoches
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
Legislatures: 2nd ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾
Home City/County: Unknown / Nacogdoches
Counties in district: Nacogdoches

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Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Elisha E. Lott, [age 34], native state Mississippi, emigrated from Mississippi in 1844, farmer, postoffice Tyler, Smith County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, p. 126. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
LOTT, ELISHA EVERETT (1820-1864). "He represented Smith County in the state House of Representatives from 1847 to 1853 and in the Senate from 1857 to 1861." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, p. 243. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Other Resources

Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 2. October 1965, pp. 163-173, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. Elisha Lott, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

8th R.S. - 1859 Engrossed Bills Federal Relations Finance Penitentiary (Chair) Printing and Contingent Expenses Privileges and Elections Public Lands
7th R.S. - 1857 Engrossed Bills Finance Penitentiary (Chair) Printing and Contingent Expenses Privileges and Elections Public Lands
6th R.S. - 1855 Counties and County Boundaries Penitentiary (Chair) State Affairs
5th R.S. - 1853 Privileges and Elections (Chair)
3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special Governor's Message, Select Land Scrips, Loan Bonds, and Other Obligations Issued by the Late Republic of Texas in Comptroller's Office Penitentiary (Chair) Public Lands
2nd R.S. - 1847 Land Office Public Lands State Affairs

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