Terms of Service

• House, 8th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
   
  

(1) 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

Photographs

• Photograph. Joel W. Robison, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

• ROBISON, JOEL WALTER (1815-1889). Born 10/4 or 10/5/1815. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, Joel W. Robison (deceased), pp. 328-330. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
• Biographical sketch and portrait. Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas 1997.
• Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
• Biographical sketches, Joel Walter Robison, portrait, and letter. Footprints of Fayette, Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project .

Committee Information

• 8th R.S. - 1859
• Claims and Accounts  
• Convention to Frame a New State Constitution  
• Private Land Claims