Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Anthony Martin Branch

Full Name: Anthony Martin Branch
Birth date: July 16, 1823
Death date: October 3, 1867

Terms of Service

Senate, 9th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 1/14/1862
House, 8th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861

(1) "Although a Unionist, he [Branch] resigned from the Senate and on 3/20/1862, enlisted in the Confederate Army." Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) David C. Dickson, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Anthony M. Branch, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Table II, Constitutional Unionists
(4) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(6) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Anthony M. Branch's last vote in Senate, 1/11/1862, p. 261. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. Anthony Martin Branch, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County 1930.
Anthony Martin Branch, birth date 7/16/1823, death date 10/3/1867, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, with wife Amanda M. Branch. Find a Grave .
BRANCH, ANTHONY MARTIN (1823-1867). Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 21st Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
Anthony Martin Branch. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Historical marker, Anthony Martin Branch, Walker County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
Biographical sketch and portrait, p. 151, Plate No. 63. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.
Biographical sketch and portrait, 1898, p. 160. Birth date 7/16/1824. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography .