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Elisha M. Pease     Elisha M. Pease
Full name: Elisha Marshall Pease
Home:  Austin, TX   Brazoria, TX  
Biography: Handbook of Texas Online
Biography: Portraits of Texas Governors
Party:  Republican  Unionist 
Term as Governor*: June 8, 1867 - September 30, 1869
December 21, 1853 - December 21, 1857


Legislative sessions as Governor: 
5 R.S. (November 7, 1853 - February 13, 1854)
6 R.S. (November 5, 1855 - February 4, 1856)
6 Adjourned (July 7, 1856 - September 1, 1856)
7 R.S. (November 2, 1857 - February 16, 1858)

Legislative offices held:
Member, Texas House of Representatives (1846 - 1847)
Member, Texas House of Representatives (1847 - 1849)
Member, Texas Senate (1849 - 1851)


Other elected state or federal offices held:
Comptroller, Republic of Texas (1837)

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