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⁾ 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) .

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.

Committee Information

• 10th R.S. - 1863
• Frontier Defense and Protection  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Military Board  
• Public Debt  
• Stores and Storing  
• 8th R.S. - 1859
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Slaves and Slavery  
• State Affairs  
• 7th R.S. - 1857
• Education  
• Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Judiciary  
• Private Land Claims (Chair) 
• San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations  
• Slaves and Slavery