Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Nathan George Shelley

Full Name: Nathan George Shelley
Birth date: February 20, 1825
Death date: January 5, 1898

Terms of Service

Senate, 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
Senate, 11th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870
Senate, 9th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 4/1/1862

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) A.W. Moore, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Nathan G. Shelley, resigned 4/1/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Nathan G. Shelley, in special election 3/25/1861, sworn in 9th Legislature, succeeded to the unexpired term of Eggleston D. Townes, resigned 3/13/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 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 .
(6) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) 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 .
(8) 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.
(9) 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.
(10) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. 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: N.G. Shelley, Austin, Travis County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 36.
Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: N.G. Shelley, Austin, Travis County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 41. Senate Journal . 11th R.S. 9th R.S.

Photographs

Photograph. N.G. Shelley, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. N.G. Shelley, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. N.G. Shelley, 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
Photograph. N.G. Shelley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 440-443. Bench and Bar of Texas 1885.
SHELLEY, NATHAN GEORGE (1825-1898). Handbook of Texas Online .
Company E, 1st Alabama Infantry, Mexican War. Confederate Army of Tennessee. Texas State Troops, Brigadier General. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, District 26. Nathan George Shelley. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 58-59, 155, Plate No. 64. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.