Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin T. Selman

Full Name: Benjamin T. Selman
Birth date: 1825
Death date: January 5, 1868

Terms of Service

Senate, 11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 1/5/1868
Senate, 10th ⁽⁴⁾ & 9th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
11/4/1861 - 8/6/1866

(1) 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 .
(2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(4) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. 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.
(7) Entire Senate went up for reelection in 1866 - "Thirty-three senators were elected to the Eleventh Legislature," p. 58. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: B.T. Sleman, Tyler, Smith, nativity Georgia, lawyer, age 36.
Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: B.T. Selman, Tyler, Smith County, nativity from Georgia, lawyer, age 41. Senate Journal . 11th R.S. 9th R.S.

Photographs

Photograph. B.F. Selman, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Other Resources

Census of 1860 - B.T. Selman, Tyler, Smith County, age 35, born circa 1825 in Georgia, lawyer. FamilySearch .
Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Death notice, The States Rights Democrat, La Grange, 1/24/1868, p. 2, crediting Fayette County Library, Museum and Archives. "The Tyler Reporter announces the death of Col. B.T. Selman of that city. He died on the 5th." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .