Terms of Service

• House, 6th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
   
  

(1) In 1855, Know-Nothing "contenders for the Texas House of Representatives, Nathan Smith, A.D. Burress, and William A. Tarleton, were all victorious by wide margins over their Democratic opponents," p. 168. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
(2) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• W.A. Tarlton, teacher at Republican Academy in Marshall in 1849, p. 107; William A. Tarleton elected to House, p. 168. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
• Confederate States Army, private, Texas Lancers (Cavalry). W.A. Tarleton, enlisted 5/10/1962 at Marshall. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
• TARLETON, WILLIAM A. (1826-1864). Also listed as Tarlton. Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 6th R.S. - 1855
• Claims and Accounts  
• Education  
• Internal Improvements  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Roads, Bridges, and Ferries  
• Slaves and Slavery  
• Surveying Public Lands, Select