Terms of Service

• House, 12th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  2/9/1870 - 1/14/1873
   
  

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/9/1870. House Journal .
(2) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• ZAPP, ROBERT (1820-1885). Portraits, headstone photo. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Included in list of "German wartime resistance leaders [who] subsequently became Republican politicians and civil servants." Baggett, James Alex, "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," The Journal of Southern History, Vol.40(3), August 1974, p. 449. "Robert Zapp, who according to a Confederate official committed 'treasonable acts.'" Journal of Southern History .
• 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

Committee Information

• 12th Adjourned - 1871
• Internal Improvements  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• 12th R.S. - 1871
• Internal Improvements  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• 12th 1st C.S. - 1870
• Huntsville Penitentiary, Select  
• Internal Improvement  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• 12th Provisional - 1870
• Printing and Contigent Expenses