Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Amzi Bradshaw

Full Name: Amzi Bradshaw
Birth date: January 13, 1823
Death date: January 23, 1885

Terms of Service

Senate, 14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) "Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. I Bradshaw, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Amzi Bradshaw, birth date 2/13/1823, death date 1/23/1885, burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County. Find a Grave .
BRADSHAW, AMZI (1824-1885). Birth date 1/13/1824, death date 1/23/1885. Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, Showalter's Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
Amzi Bradshaw, birth date 2/13/1824 in biographical sketch, birth date 2/13/1823 on grave marker, death date 1/23/1885. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Biographical sketch, Captain Amzi Bradshaw, pp. 179-180. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.