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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"Pickett was elected as a Democrat to the state Senate in the general election of 1869 and served during the Twelfth and Thirteenth sessions of the legislature."
Handbook of Texas Online .
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Isaiah Junker, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Edward B. Pickett, resigned 3/1/1862.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
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12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Absent on opening day, 2/8/1870, p. 4. Qualified, took the oath of office and his seat on 2/21/1870, p. 31.
Senate Journal .
February 8, 1870
February 21, 1870
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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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12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative.
Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .
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13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.