Archibald C. Hyde

Full Name: Archibald C. Hyde
Date of birth: 1813
Date of death: January 12, 1894

Terms of Service
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Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	33	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861	7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾		San Elizario / El Paso		El Paso, Presidio

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover senators), 11/7/1859, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(3) Listed in "New Senators elected: 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).
(4) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment called by Districts, oath of office administered, 11/2/1857, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 33
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: San Elizario / El Paso
Counties in district: El Paso, Presidio

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Resolutions and Journal entries

Estimated birth year based on age at beginning of 7th Legislature, Member List, pp. 679-685. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, p. 76 (died in January, 1894, near Elmendorft, Texas); chief justice, 34; in El Paso, 45, 52; at Magoffin's ranch, 53; notary, 60; county judge ("El Paso County's second county judge was Archibald C. Hyde, who was born near Norwich, Connecticut, in 1813"), 61; at San Elizario, 65; property seized, 80-81; return to El Paso, 166. The Legal Heritage of El Paso, 1963.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Company F, 3rd Texas Mounted Rangers. Mexican War, Archibald C. Hyde, pension filed 3/15/1887. FamilySearch, United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926.

Other Resources

Became Chief Justice of El Paso County on 8/20/1850, p. 18. W.H. Timmons, "American El Paso: The Formative Years, 1848-1854," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 1, July 1983, pp. 1-36, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Death notice, "A Texas Veteran," The Galveston Daily News, 1/13/1894, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "He represented the El Paso district in the state senate." Death date 1/12/1894. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Legislation re. land grant "to Juan Maria Ponce de Leon two caballerias of land, called 'El Rancho de Ponce,' now known as the Town of Franklin," p. 83. Yeilding, Kenneth Duane. The Chamizal Dispute: An Exercise in Arbitration: 1845-1945, A Dissertation in History, May 1973. Texas Tech University Libraries.

Photographs

Photograph. Archibald C. Hyde, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

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8th R.S. - 1859 Claims and Accounts Counties and County Boundaries Finance Indian Affairs Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Debt
7th R.S. - 1857 Counties and County Boundaries Finance Indian Affairs Public Debt San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations

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