Terms of Service
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Senate,
16th
(1)
& 15th
(2)
(3)
(4)
Legislatures
4/18/1876 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
(1)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News .
(2)
Henderson, Rusk County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3)
15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years).
Senate Journal .
April 14, 1876
April 27, 1876
(4)
Biographical sketch, John W. Motley, p. 227. 15th Legislature - "When the conflict [Civil War] was over and he had returned to his home in Overton, his fellow citizens elected him to the Senate as a Democrat."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.