Marion DeKalb Taylor

Full Name: Marion DeKalb Taylor
Date of birth: October 13, 1818
Date of death: June 22, 1897

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	11	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Jefferson / Marion		Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
H	8	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Jefferson / Marion	Speaker	Bowie, Marion, Davis (Cass)
H	20	Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866	10th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾		Jefferson / Marion	Speaker	Bowie, Titus, Davis (Cass)
H	14	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th		Jefferson / Cass	Speaker	Cass, Titus
S	7	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ 6th ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾ 7th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾		Jefferson / Cass	Senate President Pro Tempore (7th)	Cass, Titus
S	7	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽¹⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾ ⁽²¹⁾		Smithland / Cass	Senate President Pro Tempore (5th)	Cass, Titus
S	5	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽²²⁾ ⁽²³⁾		Jefferson / Cass		Cass, Titus
H	10	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽²⁴⁾		Jefferson / Cass		Cass

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Jefferson, Morris County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Morris County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(4) Jefferson, Marion County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) JEFFERSON, TX (MARION COUNTY). "In 1860 Jefferson became county seat of the newly established Marion County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(6) Jefferson, Marion County. House Journal.
(7) Jefferson, Davis (Cass) County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8) Marion County was demarked from the southern portion of Cass County by an act of the state legislature effective on February 8, 1860. Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, Volume 4, General Laws of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, Chapter 48, pp. 1419-1421. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(9) 7th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/3/1857, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(10) Jefferson, Cass County. No address or home county listed for 6th Legislature. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(11) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." 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).
(12) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal.
(13) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(14) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(15) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(16) 5th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/9/1853, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(17) Smithland, Cass County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(18) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(19) 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).
(20) 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.
(21) 5th Legislature - "In part due to the redistricting and the increase in the number of members, the returning senators found themselves a minority of six: James H. Armstrong, Joseph H. Burks, Rufus Doane, Hardin Hart, William T. Scott, and M.D.K. Taylor," pp. 241, 243. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(22) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(23) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.
(24) 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).

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House District 11
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jefferson / Marion
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris

House District 8
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jefferson / Marion
Counties in district: Bowie, Marion, Davis (Cass)

House District 20
Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866
Legislatures: 10th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Speaker
Home City/County: Jefferson / Marion
Counties in district: Bowie, Titus, Davis (Cass)

House District 14
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th
Speaker
Home City/County: Jefferson / Cass
Counties in district: Cass, Titus

Senate District 7
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ 6th ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾ 7th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (5th)
(5th)
(5th)
Home City/County: Jefferson / Cass
Counties in district: Cass, Titus

Senate District 7
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th ⁽¹⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁹⁾ ⁽²⁰⁾ ⁽²¹⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (5th)
Home City/County: Smithland / Cass
Counties in district: Cass, Titus

Senate District 5
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th ⁽²²⁾ ⁽²³⁾
Home City/County: Jefferson / Cass
Counties in district: Cass, Titus

House District 10
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽²⁴⁾
Home City/County: Jefferson / Cass
Counties in district: Cass

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, M.D.K. Taylor, age 35, native state Georgia, emigrated from Alabama in 1847, physician, postoffice Smithland, Cass County. House Journal.
Portrait, 10th Legislature, Regular Session. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
TAYLOR, MARION DEKALB (1818-1897). Handbook of Texas Online.
14th, 18th, and 22nd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Marion DeKalb Taylor. Portrait and biographical sketch. "Taylor moved to the Lone Star State in the winter of 1846, settling near Jefferson and establishing a rural medical practice." Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch, pp. 254-255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketches, pp. 210-211. "There was a large number of doctors in the legislature - twenty-two, according to Travis County annalist Brown, with at least two of these in the Senate (George W. Hill and Marion DeKalb Taylor), to be joined by a third toward the close of the session.". The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Photographs

Photograph. Marion DeKalb Taylor, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Marion DeKalb Taylor, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Marion DeKalb Taylor, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. Marion DeKalb Taylor, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Visit (Co-Chair) Code of Criminal Procedure, Select Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Executive Mansion (Co-Chair) Internal Improvements New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas Reduction of Expenses in Departments, Select Rules (Chair) Sale of the Public Domain of the State, Select State Asylums
7th R.S. - 1857 Claims and Accounts Failed Crops Internal Improvements Public Debt (Chair) State Government, Number of and Necessity of Employees (Co-Chair)
6th R.S. - 1855 Comptroller and Treasurer Books, Examine Protection of Western Frontier, Select Public Debt (Chair)
5th R.S. - 1853 Claims and Accounts Engrossed Bills Public Debt Treasury Building (Co-Chair)
4th R.S. - 1851 Penitentiary Printing and Contingent Expenses Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Debt
3rd R.S. - 1849 Education Federal Relations Post Routes, Select State Affairs

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