Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Anderson Floyd Crawford

Full Name: Anderson Floyd Crawford
Birth date: January 29, 1829
Death date: January 10, 1867

Terms of Service

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

(1) Resigned Senate seat in late 1861. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) James W. Andres, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Anderson F. Crawford, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the short term" (two years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(5) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Senator Crawford of Jasper still in the Senate as of Monday, 1/13/1862, p. 267, when he made motion to amend resolution to adjourn sine die. 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. Anderson Floyd Crawford, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

CRAWFORD, ANDERSON FLOYD (1829-1867). Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 13th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Anderson F. Crawford. Texans in the Civil War .
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
Biographical sketch and resignation of John H. Burnett of Crockett in February 1862 to command the 13th Texas Cavalry; biographical sketch of Anderson F. Crawford, who also resigned to become Burnett's colonel, p. 6. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.