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Cornelius McAnelly

Full Name: Cornelius McAnelly
Birth date: 1808
Death date: April 25, 1855

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 5th (1) (3) Legislature
    11/7/1853 - 4/25/1855
     
(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) 1st Legislature - Report of the Committee on Elections on the contested election in Harris County between Messrs Brashear and McAnelly, 2/25/1846, printed in journal 2/27/1846, pp. 47-52. Opinion of the Honorable Antonio Navarro on the contested election in Harris County between Messrs Brashear and McAnelly, 2/24/1845 [sic]. Senate Journal . February 27, 1846
Opinion on the Contested Election in Harris County
(3) 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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Cornelius McAnelly, age 44 (born circa 1809), native state Kentucky, emigrated from Tennessee in 1838, physician, postoffice Houston, Harris County. House Journal .
  • 1st Legislature - Report of the committee on Elections on the contested election in Harris County between Messrs Brashear and McAnelly. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - C. McAnelly, Houston, Harris County, age 42, born circa 1808 in Kentucky, M.D. FamilySearch .
  • MCANELLY, CORNELIUS (ca. 1808-1855). "Born about 1808 in Kentucky . . . will was filed in Harris County on 4/25/1855." Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Included on list of "Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified From the Census of 1850," in "The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and 1852," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 1, pp. 30-33, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Discusses contested election in Harris County between Cornelius McAnelly and Isaac W. Brashear, 1st Legislature, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
  • 5th Legislature - Biographical sketch, physician, "McAnelly was a member of the ailing Whig party," pp. 244-245. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Committee Information

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