Terms of Service
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Democrat, p. 163.
Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
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Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address,
Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6.
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19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1.
Senate Journal .
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"One of the rare Republicans still able to win office...At one point he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor," pp. 342-343.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.