Terms of Service
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Senate,
17th
(1)
(3)
& 16th
(4)
(7)
(8)
Legislatures
1/14/1879 - 1/9/1883
Democrat
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Senate,
9th
(2)
(5)
(6)
Legislature
2/2/1863 - 11/2/1863
(1)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News .
(2)
William Lair, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded J.J. Dickson, resigned.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(4)
16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3.
Senate Journal .
(5)
9th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Roll of Senators-elect to fill vacancies, oath of office administered, 2/2/1863, p. 1.
Senate Journal .
(6)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - predecessor J.J. Dickson drew "the short term" (two years), 11/12/1861, p. 42.
Senate Journal .
(7)
Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
(8)
Democrat - "After his election as a Democrat in 1878 . . . ," p. 255.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.