Terms of Service

• Senate, 10th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  11/2/1863 - 8/6/1866
   
  
• House, 9th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  2/6/1863 - 11/2/1863
   
  
• House, 6th Legislature
  11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
   
  
• House, 5th Legislature
  11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
   
  
• House, 4th Legislature
  11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
   
  
• House, 3rd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851
   
  
• House, 1st ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847
   
  

(1) Napoleon B. Charlton, sworn 2/6/1863, succeeded John T. Bean, enlisted 3/1/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 11/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, [N.] B. Charlton, age 39, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Mississippi in 1838, farmer, postoffice Woodville, Tyler County. House Journal .

Other Resources

• Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton, birth date 5/13/1815, death date 6/17/1896, burial in Hopewell Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
• Portrait and obituary, 6/26/1896, p. 6. Galveston Daily News .
• CHARLTON, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1815-1896). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 2. October 1965, pp. 163-173, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical notes, p. 38. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Committee Information

• 10th R.S. - 1863
• Private Land Claims  
• Public Lands (Chair) 
• 9th R.S. - 1861
• Penitentiary  
• 6th R.S. - 1855
• Constitutional Amendments, Select  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Finance (Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Land Frauds, Select  
• Public Printing  
• Rules  
• Surveying Public Lands, Select  
• 5th R.S. - 1853
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debt (Chair) 
• 4th R.S. - 1851
• Claims and Accounts  
• Internal Improvements  
• Private Land Claims No. 2 (Chair) 
• Public Debt  
• Public Printing  
• 3rd R.S. - 1849
• Apportionment, Special  
• Claims and Accounts  
• Contingent Expenses  
• County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Engrossed Bills  
• Governor's Message, Select  
• Public Buildings  
• 1st R.S. - 1846
• Claims and Accounts  
• County Boundaries  
• Land Office