Terms of Service
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Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
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Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History.
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
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Republican.
Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
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Republican.
Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
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"Aspect of Affairs at Austin," Wed., 1/14/1874, p. 1, opening day of 14th Leg., R.S.: "The appearance of Senators Flanagan and Randle...These Senators would not have taken the oath and their seats in the 14th Leg. had there been any doubt as to the
de facto stability of that body." "News' telegrams, from Austin: organization of both houses...": "After the Senate had been in session some three hours, Webster Flanagan and E.T. Randle came in and were sworn in."
Galveston Daily News .
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"[James] Flanagan's successor, Donald Campbell, 'President of the Senate for the time being,' was elected October 27, 1870 [sic], died November 6, 1871 and was succeeded by Webster Flanagan, elected November 13, 1871."
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
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Roster of members elect lists party as Radical, p. [a], 14th Legislature, Part 1.
Senate Journal .
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12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term.
Senate Journal .
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Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870.
Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .
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"Returning radicals [to the 13th Legislature] were Thomas H. Baker, Webster Flanagan, S.W. Ford, Albert J. Fountain, Matthew Gaines, Phidello W. Hall, Henry Rawson, George T. Ruby, William A. Saylor, and Robert P. Tendick," p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.
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"Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.