Terms of Service
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House,
7th
(1)
(2)
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Legislature
11/12/1857 - 11/7/1859
(1)
Election of L.T. Wigfall for State Senator and Eli T. Craig, William F. Baldwin, and lawyer Pendleton Murrah, for House of Representatives in election of August, 1857 - "the state legislative races were decided in favor of the Democrats . . .," p. 169.
A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
(2)
Murrah and Latham took the oath of office on 11/12/1857, p. 91.
House Journal .
(3)
Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8,"
Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4)
Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue.
Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.