Larkin Price

Full Name: Larkin Foster Price
Date of birth: November 1821
Date of death: October 20, 1895

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	50	Nov 4, 1861 - Jul 3, 1862	9th ⁽¹⁾		La Grange / Fayette		Fayette
H	55	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾		La Grange / Fayette		Fayette

(1) William Hunt, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Larkin F. Price, resigned 7/3/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) "Larkin F. Price, K. N., was elected, over Dr. M.B. Posey, Democrat." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Listed in "Representatives Elected: Opposition." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 50
Nov 4, 1861 - Jul 3, 1862
Legislatures: 9th ⁽¹⁾
Home City/County: La Grange / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 55
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: La Grange / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

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Resolutions and Journal entries

List of members includes Larkin F. Price - age 36 in 1857; lawyer; born in Kentucky; immigrated to Texas in 1846. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

PRICE, LARKIN FOSTER (1821-1895). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Table II, Constitutional Unionists
Included on list of "Texas Know Nothing Leaders with a Summary of Biographical Data Taken from the . . . United States Eighth Census, 1860." The party was active at the state level in Texas in 1855 and 1856. "By 1857 the party had virtually disappeared in Texas." "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414-423, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Obituary, "Death of Judge Price," 10/21/1895, p. 8. San Antonio Daily Light.

Committee Information top

9th R.S. - 1861 Governor's Veto Message (Co-Chair) Judiciary Public Debt (Chair)
7th R.S. - 1857 Judiciary Privileges and Elections Probate Law Public Debt

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