Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Constantine W. Buckley

Full Name: Constantine W. Buckley
Birth date: January 22, 1815
Death date: December 19, 1865

Terms of Service

House, 10th Legislature
11/2/1863 - 12/19/1865
House, 9th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 11/2/1863

Speaker 11/4/1861-12/7/1861 and 2/2/1863-3/7/1863.
House, 8th Legislature
11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
House, 7th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859

(1) Darnell succeeded Constantine W. Buckley as speaker on 12/7/1861; Darnell left for the war end of Regular Session; Buckley was again speaker in 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Constantine W. Buckley, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. Constantine W. Buckley, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

BUCKLEY, CONSTANTINE W. (1815-1865). Handbook of Texas Online .
15th and 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Constantine W. Buckley. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.