Terms of Service

• House, 8th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/7/1859 - 11/7/1859
   
  
• House, 6th Legislature
  11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
   
  

(1) James C. Francis, sworn 11/7/1859, succeeded Benjamin B. Cannon, member-elect, died 9/8/1859. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. James Francis, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

• Census of 1850 - James Frances, Cherokee County, age 39, born circa 1811 in Tennessee, farmer. FamilySearch . 1850
• James C. Francis, birth date 3/6/1811 in Roane County, Tennessee; death date 3/25/1881 in Rusk, Texas; burial in Rocky Springs Cemetery, Dialville, Cherokee County. Find a Grave .
• Death notice, "Death of an Old Legislator," The Galveston Daily News, 3/26/1881, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. James A. [sic] Francis, Rusk, death date 3/25/1881. "He served with distinction in the Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Legislatures of Texas." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.

Committee Information

• 8th R.S. - 1859
• Claims and Accounts  
• Judicial Districts  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Lands  
• 6th R.S. - 1855
• Claims and Accounts  
• Finance  
• Land Office  
• Roads, Bridges, and Ferries