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Darwin Massey Stapp

Full Name: Darwin Massey Stapp
Date of birth: 1815
Date of death: February 23, 1875

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 60 Nov 8, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th (1)     Victoria / Victoria   Goliad, Victoria
H 49 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th     Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 39 Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 3rd (2)     Victoria / Victoria   DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Not present at organization of the House on 11/7/1853. Messrs. Stapp and Baylor sworn on 11/8/1853, p. 9. House Journal. ↩
(2) 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). ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
5th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district:
Goliad, Victoria

Legislatures:
4th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district:
Calhoun, Victoria

Legislatures:
3rd (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district:
DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria

Terms of service notes


(1) Not present at organization of the House on 11/7/1853. Messrs. Stapp and Baylor sworn on 11/8/1853, p. 9. House Journal. ↩
(2) 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). ↩

Biographical Information

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Darwin M. Stapp, age 38 (born circa 1815), native state Kentucky, emigrated from Missouri in 1830, farmer, postoffice Victoria, Victoria County. House Journal.

  • Darwin M. Stapp, Soldier in the Texas War for Independence, Participated in the Siege of Bexar, 1835. D.M. Stapp, death date 2/23/1875, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria County. Includes portraits, obituary from Galveston Daily News, 3/3/1875. Find a Grave.
  • Texas Army, Private. Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, 24th Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Darwin Massey Stapp, born 1815 in Kentucky, death date 2/28/1875 in biographical sketch and 2/23/1875 on headstone. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

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