Terms of Service

• Senate, 6th ^{(3) (4)} & 5th ^{(1) (2)} Legislatures
  11/7/1853 - 11/2/1857
   
  

(1) 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) .
(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) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(4) 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.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, A. Superveile, age 44 (born circa 1809), native of France, emigrated from France in 1843, lawyer, postoffice San Antonio, Bexar County. House Journal .

Other Resources

• Possibly A. Superviele, candidate for Senator, 30th District, The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Texas), 7/19/1861, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History; and A. Superviele described in J. Fred Rippy, "Mexican Projects of the Confederates," III. Confederate relations with the monarchical party in Mexico, 1863, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 4, April 1919, pp. 304-307. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Southwestern Historical Quarterly The Daily Ledger and Texan
• Biographical notes, p. 246. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Committee Information

• 6th R.S. - 1855
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Judiciary  
• Penitentiary  
• Public Lands  
• 5th R.S. - 1853
• Judiciary  
• Militia  
• Public Buildings