Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Ashbel Smith

Full Name: Ashbel Smith
Birth date: August 13, 1805
Death date: January 21, 1886

Terms of Service

House, 16th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
House, 11th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870
House, 6th Legislature
11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. Ashbel Smith. Photo courtesy of the Texas Medical Association., Donated Material

Other Resources

Biography in LRL collection, 328.764 SM51S 1982, Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, 1805-1886 1982.
Photo, discussion of service as president of first University of Texas Board of Regents. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service 2005.
Describes the Ashbel Smith papers, including speeches and correspondence. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin 2003.
Portrait, p. 131. From Slave to Statesman 1993.
Biographical sketch, Dr. Ashbel Smith, pp. 16-23. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas 1921.
SMITH, ASHBEL (1805-1886). Handbook of Texas Online .
Portrait and biographical sketch. Lone Star Junction 1995.
Biographical sketch, pp. 61-62. Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
Ashbel Smith, birth date 8/12/1805, death date 1/21/1886. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 19, 100, Plate No. 38. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.
Biographical sketch, pp. 260-261. Born in 1806. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Smith, Ashbel. Birth date 8/13/1805, death date 1/21/1886 on headstone. Texas State Cemetery .
General Zachary Taylor's Army in 1846 war with Mexico; Confederate States Army, Colonel, 2nd Texas Infantry. Texas State Cemetery .