Terms of Service

• House, 8th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  3/18/1861 - 11/4/1861
   
  

(1) Thomas Lewellen, sworn 3/18/1861, succeeded William A. Ellett, resigned 2/5/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Table II, Constitutional Unionists

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Census of 1860 - Thomas Lewellen, Collin County, age 36, born circa 1824 in Louisiana, attorney at law, in household with Nancy J. Lewellen. FamilySearch .
• Included on list of "Texas Know Nothing Leaders with a Summary of Biographical Data Taken from the . . . United States Eighth Census, 1860." The party was active at the state level in Texas in 1855 and 1856. "By 1857 the party had virtually disappeared in Texas." "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414-423, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Thomas B. Lewellen, Collin County, age 36 in 1860, born in Louisiana, lawyer. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, p. 256, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 8th R.S. - 1859
• Retrenchment and Reform