Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Felix Ezell Smith

Full Name: Felix Ezell Smith
Birth date: August 10, 1831
Death date: February 5, 1891

Terms of Service

House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 19th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 16th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
House, 14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Austin, Travis County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Listed as the Democratic candidate in the 1884 election for State Representative of Travis county. Galveston Daily News .
(5) BLUFF SPRINGS, TEXAS. Bluff Springs is on Onion Creek eight miles south of Austin and two miles east of Interstate Highway 35 in southern Travis County. It was settled in the early 1850s, and a post office opened there in 1853 with William S. Smith as postmaster. Handbook of Texas Online .
(6) Bluff Springs, Travis County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) Del Valle, Travis County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(8) "In 1851, he came to Texas and settled at his present home, Bluff Springs, Travis county," p. 52. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
(9) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(10) F.E. Smith, Austin. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

22nd Legislature, R.S., 3/13/1891, pp. 589-598. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. F.E. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.E. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.E. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Felix Smith, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

SMITH, FELIX EZELL (1831-1891). Smith died at his home at Bluff Springs on 2/5/1891. Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, "Confederate forces in the Rio Grande district under John S. Ford." Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, F.E. Smith, p. 52. Born 8/10/1831 in Lincoln, now Moore County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Ford's Texas Brigade; Captain of an independent volunteer company of infantry. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Felix Ezel Smith, pp. 306-309. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
Biographical sketch, p. 269. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.