John Adriance
Full Name: John Adriance
Birth date: November 10, 1818
Death date: December 7, 1903
Birth date: November 10, 1818
Death date: December 7, 1903
Terms of Service
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House,
13th
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
"Legislators Elected," 11/14/1872, p. 2. "Those marked with a star are Radicals, the others Liberals: Twelfth District - Thomas M. Joseph, Alexander Rossy, and John Adriance (no stars)." Galveston Daily News .
(2) "The Election for Representatives," Wednesday evening, 11/13/1872, p. 3. Shows election results for representative from Galveston, Brazoria and Matagorda counties, "as appears from the official returns": T.J. Joseph, 2,822 votes; Alex Rossy, 2,814 votes, J Adriance, 2,818. Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian .
(3) Columbia was founded in 1826; Columbia served as the capital of the Republic of Texas from September to December 1836, before it was moved to Houston. The town was later renamed West Columbia. Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) Representative apportionment - Constitution of 1869, Article III, ยง 39. Representative District 12: 1 Senator, 3 Representatives. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. John Adriance, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. John Adriance, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- John Adriance quoted extensively on the history of the first Capitol of the Republic of Texas at Columbia in "An Historic Relic," 1/9/1898, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
- Obituary, "Our Fraternal Dead," 12/8/1904, p. 8. Notice of death for John Adriance, death date 12/10/1903. Notice of death for Robert M. Harkness, death date 3/30/1904. Galveston Daily News .
- ADRIANCE, JOHN (1818-1903). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Biographical sketch, Hon. John Adriance, pp. 650-652. Born 11/10/1818 in Troy, New York; member of the 13th Legislature. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
- Mentioned in L.W. Kemp, "The Capitol (?) at Columbia," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, Number 1, pp. 3-9, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .