John O. Meusebach
Full Name: John O. MeusebachDate of birth: May 26, 1812
Date of death: May 27, 1897
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 22 | Nov 7, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 | 4th (1) (2) | New Braunfels / Comal | Bexar, Comal, Medina |
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Presented credentials, qualified, and took his seat, 11/7/1851, p. 15. Senate Journal.
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Senate District 22
Nov 7, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 Legislatures: 4th (1) (2) Home City/County: New Braunfels / Comal Counties in district: Bexar, Comal, Medina |
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Presented credentials, qualified, and took his seat, 11/7/1851, p. 15. Senate Journal.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- MEUSEBACH, JOHN O. (1812-1897). Handbook of Texas Online.
- While in Germany in 1851, "word came that in his absence he had been elected to the Texas Senate," p. 143. Returned to New Braunfels after service in the Senate; later lived in Gillespie County in the War years (Civil War). Chapters 20, "Texas Forever," and 21, "Texas Senator"; mentioned on first pages of Chapters 22, "The Hearth," and 23, "A House Divided." Biography in LRL Collection, 328.764 M572K 1987. John O. Meusebach, German Colonizer in Texas, 1967.
- Biographical sketch, "German Intellectuals on the Texas Frontier," by Ira Kennedy, The Texas Hill Country, Texas History.
- Biographical sketch, Senator John O. Meusebach of New Braunfels, pp. 211-212. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 390-394. With the Makers of San Antonio: Genealogies of the Early Latin, Anglo-American, and German Families with Occasional Biographies, Each Group Being Prefaced with a Brief Historical Sketch and Illustrations, 1937.
Committee Information top
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4th R.S. - 1851
Education Peters' Colony, Governor's Message, Select State Affairs |
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