Terms of Service
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House,
16th
(1)
(10)
Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Unaffiliated
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House,
8th
(2)
(5)
Legislature
11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
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Senate,
7th
(3)
(4)
(8)
(9)
(11)
& 6th
(6)
(7)
Legislatures
11/5/1855 - 11/7/1859
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House,
5th Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
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House,
4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
(1)
Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News .
(2)
[In late 1860 and early 1861] legislators Micajah Lewis Armstrong, John L. Haynes, and Robert H. Taylor mailed circulars to their constituencies defending their unpopular Unionist positions. They joined other Unionist legislators and convention delegates on February 6 in issuing an address entreating Texans to reject secession." "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 447.
Journal of Southern History .
(3)
Robert H. Taylor of Fannin, pp. 69, 96, 155. American (Know-Nothing) State Convention, January 21-22, 1856, in Austin (Delegate to National Convention); Radical Union Caucus, March 1866; Republican State Convention, August 19-20, 1873, in Dallas (Nominee for Lt. Governor).
Platforms of Political Parties in Texas 1916.
(4)
Listed in "Senators holding over: Opposition." Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8,"
Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5)
Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas,"
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Table II, Constitutional Unionists
(6)
Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings,"
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7)
6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2.
Senate Journal .
(8)
7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4.
Senate Journal .
(9)
Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue.
Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.
(10)
Independent.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
(11)
7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.