Terms of Service

• Senate, 10th ⁽³⁾ & 9th ^{(1) (2)} Legislatures
  11/4/1861 - 8/6/1866
   
  

(1) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(3) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

• Bethel Durant family group sheets, Bastian and Moore Family Tree - John Wesley Durant. Relatives: John Wesley Durant - uncle, birth date 9/11/1807, death date 6/19/1889; William Bethel Durant - nephew, birth date 5/21/1853, death date 4/26/1907. Ancestry.com .
• Col. J.W. Durant, birth date 9/11/1807, death date 6/19/1889, burial in Oak Park Cemetery, Alvin, Brazoria County. Find a Grave .
• Obituary, 6/21/1889, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .

Committee Information

• 10th R.S. - 1863
• Confederate Relations (Chair) 
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• 9th R.S. - 1861
• Confederate Relations (Chair) 
• Governor's Veto Message (Co-Chair) 
• Militia and Military Affairs  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Military Board (Chair)