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Antoine Superviele Full Name: Antoine Superviele Other surnames: Superveile Date of birth: 1809 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 30 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 2, 1857 6th (1) (2)   5th (3) (4)     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar (1) 6th Legislature - 11/5/1855, p. 4. Holdover Senator, listed in "The roll of Senators then being called, the following Senators answered to their names. . ." Senate Journal. (2) 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. (3) 5th Legislature - Listed in Senate election returns for State election, 1853 - "So far as heard from, the following are the members elected to the Senate . . . of the Fifth Legislature." Texas State Gazette, 8/20/1853, p. 3. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (4) 5th Legislature - 11/7/1853, p. 2. Included in "roll of Senators elected being called by districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, A. Superveile, native of France, emigrated to Texas in 1843, birth year 1809 estimated from age 44 in 1853, lawyer, p. 458. House Journal. Other Resources Possibly A. Superviele described in J. Fred Rippy, "Mexican Projects of the Confederates," III. Confederate relations with the monarchical party in Mexico, 1863, Vol. 22, No. 4, April 1919, pp. 304-307. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Biographical notes, p. 246. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. Committee Informationtop 6th R.S. - 1855 Counties and County Boundaries   Judiciary   Penitentiary   Public Lands   5th R.S. - 1853 Judiciary   Militia   Public Buildings

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