Terms of Service

• House, 12th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1871 - 1/14/1873
   
  

(1) Candidate announcement, "Texas Items," 5/8/1870, p. 3. "The Gainsville [sic] Vedette has hoisted the name of John B. Self as its candidate for the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. M.A. Elliott. The Vedette says he is a staunch Democrat and talented gentleman." Galveston Daily News .
(2) John B. Self, in special election 11/28/1870 through 12/1/1870, sworn 1/10/1871, succeeded M.A. Elliott, death announced 2/21/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. John B. Self, Austin History Center

Other Resources

• John B. Self, birth date 7/11/1826, death date 2/14/1905, burial in Twin Mounds Pioneer Cemetery, Glenpool, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Grave marker and plaque about the family lineage of John B. Self. Find a Grave .
• John Berryhill Self, biographical sketch, marriage licenses, and land records, in "Berryhill Family: The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants." Born 7/11/1826 in Old Creek Nation, Georgia. Nacogdoches County Archives. USGenWeb Project 1996.

Committee Information

• 12th Adjourned - 1871
• Agriculture and Stock Raising  
• 12th R.S. - 1871
• Agriculture and Stock Raising  
• Indian Affairs