Terms of Service
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Senate,
9th
(1)
(2)
Legislature
11/4/1861 - 11/2/1863
(1)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators. Batte not mentioned among senators drawing for terms; presumably he drew a short term because the Journal only lists fifteen names as having done so, though sixteen ballots "on which was written 'short term'" were prepared, 11/12/1861, p. 42.
Senate Journal .
(2)
One of eight Senators in 9th Legislature that only served one term in the Senate, p. 12.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.