Terms of Service
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Senate,
6th
(4)
(6)
& 5th
(2)
(5)
Legislatures
11/7/1853 - 11/2/1857
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Senate,
4th
(1)
(3)
Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
(1)
Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2)
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 .
(3)
4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4.
Senate Journal .
(4)
6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4.
Senate Journal .
(5)
5th Legislature - "In part due to the redistricting and the increase in the number of members, the returning senators found themselves a minority of six: James H. Armstrong, Joseph H. Burks, Rufus Doane, Hardin Hart, William T. Scott, and M.D.K. Taylor," pp. 241, 243.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
(6)
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.