Terms of Service
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House,
21st
(1)
(7)
Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
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House,
20th
(5)
Legislature
5/2/1888 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
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House,
16th
(3)
Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
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House,
14th
(2)
(4)
Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
Speaker
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Senate,
6th
(12)
(13)
& 5th
(8)
(9)
(11)
Legislatures
11/7/1853 - 11/2/1857
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President Pro Tem 2/9/1854, Regular Session.
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House,
4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
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House,
3rd
(6)
Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851
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House,
2nd
(10)
Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
(1)
Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2)
Home post office - Galveston; home county - Galveston; Democrat.
Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(3)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News .
(4)
"News' telegrams, from Austin: organization of both houses..." Wednesday, 1/14/1874, p. 1. Description of opening day of 14th Legislature, Regular Session, and election of Guy M. Bryan as Speaker.
Galveston Daily News .
(5)
Guy M. Bryan, sworn 5/2/1888, succeeded Benjamin R. Plumley, died 12/9/1887.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6)
Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C.,
Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7)
Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics,"
Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(8)
Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854.
Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(9)
Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853.
Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(10)
Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature,
The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(11)
5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2.
Senate Journal .
(12)
6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4.
Senate Journal .
(13)
6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.