Terms of Service
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Senate,
11th
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Legislature
8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870
(1)
"In 1873 a county centered geographically and politically on Longview was proposed; it was to take pieces from Upshur, Rusk, and Harrison counties. Longview became the county seat. When the Rusk portion turned out smaller than hoped and the Harrison part proved unattainable, Longview was left very near one edge of a small and peculiarly shaped Gregg County."
Handbook of Texas Online .
GREGG COUNTY
LONGVIEW, TX
(2)
Camden, Rusk County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3)
11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5.
Senate Journal .
(4)
Henderson, Rusk County.
Senate Journal .
(5)
Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
(6)
Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.