Elisha Marshall Pease

Full Name: Elisha Marshall Pease
Date of birth: January 3, 1812
Date of death: August 26, 1883

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
S	11	Nov 9, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Brazoria / Brazoria	Brazoria, Galveston
H	Brazoria	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd ⁽⁶⁾	Brazoria / Brazoria	Brazoria
H	Brazoria	Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847	1st ⁽⁷⁾	Brazoria / Brazoria	Brazoria

(1) "Being absent from the state when an extra sesson was convened by Governor Bell during that year [1850], he resigned and terminated his legislative service." Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) Elisha M. Pease unseated John B. Jones in election contest 11/9/1849, and was sworn the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) 3rd Legislature, Regular Session - Majority report of committee on Privileges and Elections, petition of E.M. Pease contesting the seat of the Hon. John B. Jones, 11/8/1849, pp. 98-99; Minority report and adoption of majority report, Pease took oath and his seat, 11/9/1849, pp. 103, 105-106. Senate Journal. November 8, 1849 November 9, 1849
(6) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(7) Loco Foco. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 11
Nov 9, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Home City/County: Brazoria / Brazoria
Counties in district: Brazoria, Galveston

House District Brazoria
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
Legislatures: 2nd ⁽⁶⁾
Home City/County: Brazoria / Brazoria
Counties in district: Brazoria

House District Brazoria
Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847
Legislatures: 1st ⁽⁷⁾
Home City/County: Brazoria / Brazoria
Counties in district: Brazoria

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biography and portrait, pp. 221-250. Pease "always acted with the Democratic Party until the policy of secession drove him from it in 1861." Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Governor Elisha Marshall Pease, pp. 44-45. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
Biographical sketch, p. 26. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
PEASE, ELISHA MARSHALL (1812-1883). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biography in LRL collection, 976.4 W613ID 2021. Identified with Texas: The Lives of Governor Elisha Marshall Pease and Lucadia Niles Pease, 2022.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Elisha Marshall Pease, pp. 35-36. "In April, 1837, he was admitted to the bar at the town of Washington, but soon afterward accepted the office of Comptroller of Public Accounts. He resigned this position in the ensuing December and retired to Brazoria, where he resumed practice of law . . ." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, description of election to Senate District 11 and election contest, pp. 196-198. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Other Resources

Photo and service as Governor, pp. 33, 45. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005.
Governor of Texas 1853-1857 and 1867-1869. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.
Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
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
John B. Jones, Galveston lawyer nominated by Democratic party for state Senate in 1849, p. 196. Election contest with Elisha Pease, pp. 196-198. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
Texas Governors - Early Statehood: Elisha M. Pease. Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special Archives of Martin De Leon's Colony Education Internal Improvements (Chair) Joint Rules, Select (Chair) Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary Privileges and Elections Quieting Land Titles of the State, Governor's Message Quieting Land Titles West of the Nueces River, Governor's Message (Co-Chair) Senate Rules, Select (Chair)
2nd R.S. - 1847 Apportionment of Representation, Select Enrolled Bills Judiciary (Chair) Laws of the State of Coahuila and Texas and of Spain, Select Rules
1st R.S. - 1846 Finance General Land Office, Select Judiciary Public Lands (Chair) Repairs to Public Buildings in Austin, Select (Chair)

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