Terms of Service

• House, 12th ^{(1) (3) (4)} Legislature
  4/29/1870 - 1/14/1873
   
  

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Resolution to seat H.H. Van Noy in place of M.J. Armstrong, disqualified, 2/21/1870, p. 46. House Journal .
(2) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Van Noy, Leonard, Shelburne, and Cole came forward, qualified, and took their seats, 4/29/1870, p. 17. House Journal .
(3) Henry Van Noy, sworn 4/29/1870, succeeded Micajah L. Armstrong, sworn 2/16/1870 [sic], declared ineligible 2/19/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) "In each house the radicals had a slight majority over both Democrats and conservative Republicans. . .These made short work of the [election] contests; the radical contestants were seated in nearly every instance." p. 289 Reconstruction in Texas 1910.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Census of 1870 - Henry Vannoy, Fannin County, age 28, born circa 1842 in Mississippi, member of the legislature. FamilySearch . 1870
• VAN NOY, HENRY HARRISON (ca. 1841-1874). Also listed as Vannoy, born about 1841. Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 12th Adjourned - 1871
• Claims and Accounts  
• Federal Relations  
• 12th R.S. - 1871
• Claims and Accounts  
• Federal Relations  
• 12th 1st C.S. - 1870
• Claims and Accounts