Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Decimus et Ultimus Barziza

Full Name: Decimus et Ultimus "Bar" Barziza
Birth date: September 4, 1838
Death date: January 30, 1882

Terms of Service

House, 15th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 8/2/1876
Democrat
House, 14th Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Barziza's resignation debate discussed in detail. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Resignation letter to Governor, 8/2/1876, p. 742, describing reasons: "On account of my health, and believing that the first and regular session of the Fifteenth Legislature was lawfully adjourned at 12 o'clock on Monday, the 31st day of July, and believing that the Speaker of the House should have so held and declared . . . " House Journal .
(3) Barziza resigned 8/2/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. D.I. Barziza, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.U. Barziza, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

BARZIZA, DECIMUS ET ULTIMUS (1838-1882). Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 4th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, pp. 96-98. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Decimus et Ultimus Barziza. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Decimus et Ultimus Barziza's personal narrative of Civil War experience in LRL collection, 328.764 B289B 1964. The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864 1964.