Terms of Service

• House, 13th Legislature
  1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
  Democrat
  
• House, 8th Legislature
  11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
   
  
• House, 7th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859
   
  

(1) Democrat. 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) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Eli Shelton, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
• Photograph. Eli Shelton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eli Shelton, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, Capt. E.J. (Eli Jenway) Shelton, pp. 761-762. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
• Eli Jenway Shelton, birth date 4/11/1823, death date 9/14/1912, burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County. Biographical sketch, photos, dedication of pastor on death of E.J. Shelton's wife, adventures of Capt. Shelton. Find a Grave .
• SHELTON, ELI JENWAY (1823-1912). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.

Committee Information

• 13th R.S. - 1873
• Apportionment  
• Finance  
• Public Debt (Chair) 
• 8th R.S. - 1859
• Claims and Accounts  
• Court of Claims  
• Education  
• Finance  
• 7th R.S. - 1857
• Claims and Accounts  
• Land Office  
• Private Land Claims