Terms of Service

• House, 12th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  2/8/1870 - 1/14/1873
   
  

(1) "Mr. Chambers of Liberty supported every one of the Governor's vetoes. I supposed him a Democrat, but must now conclude that the publication of the official organ in Liberty too remunerative for him to adhere to his former political proclivities." 5/18/1871, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal .
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

• Photograph. Thomas Chambers, Austin History Center

Other Resources

• CHAMBERS, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1840-1929). Chambers won election as a Democrat to the Twelfth Texas Legislature. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Text of historical marker and photos of the Thomas Jefferson Chambers house in Liberty, Texas. Round Barns and Covered Bridges .

Committee Information

• 12th Adjourned - 1871
• Comptroller and Treasurer's Offices, Select  
• Immigration  
• Internal Improvements  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• 12th R.S. - 1871
• Immigration  
• Internal Improvements  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• 12th 1st C.S. - 1870
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Conduct of Comptroller A. Bledsoe, Select Committee  
• Education  
• 12th Provisional - 1870
• Rules