Terms of Service

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

(1) 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

Photographs

• Photograph. Charles S. West, Texas Jurists Collection
• Photograph. C.S. West, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

Other Resources

• Biography, Charles Sherman West, pp. 323-327. Bench and Bar of Texas 1885.
• WEST, CHARLES SHANNON (1829-1885). "At age twenty-six he was the youngest member of the legislature." Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, Charles S. West, pp. 189-190. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
• Biographical sketch and portrait, Charles Shannon West, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1882-1885. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2004.
• Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.

Committee Information

• 6th R.S. - 1855
• Capitol Appropriations, Construction, and Furniture  
• Civil and Criminal Codes, Governor's Message, Select  
• County and County Boundaries  
• Education  
• Judicial Districts, Select  
• Judiciary  
• Public Buildings (Chair) 
• Public Printing  
• Slaves and Slavery