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Tillman Smith Full Name: James Tillman Smith Date of birth: September 8, 1843 Date of death: January 30, 1908 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 16 Apr 18, 1876 - Nov 19, 1876 15th (2)   Democrat Navasota / Grimes   Grimes, Madison, Trinity, Walker H 15 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Navasota / Grimes   Grimes, Madison, San Jacinto, Walker (1) James R. Burnett, sworn in 16th Legislature, succeeded Tillman Smith, resigned 11/19/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal. April 18, 1876 April 27, 1876   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Judge James Tillman Smith, birth date 9/8/1843, death date 1/30/1908. Obituary/biographical sketch, "Death Strikes Tillman Smith": elected to Legislature of 1874-5 and State Senate in 1876. burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave. Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. Biographical sketch, pp. 27-29. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biographical sketch, Volume II, pp. 176-177. James Tillman Smith. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906. Other Resources Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County, 1930. Early History of Grimes County Census of 1880 - Tilman Smith, Cleburne, Johnson County, born in North Carolina circa 1844, lawyer. FamilySearch. Tillman Smith. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Photographs Photograph. Tillman Smith, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tillman Smith, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Portrait courtesy of Mervin D. Peters., Donated Material Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board. 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 15th R.S. - 1876 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Visit   Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Federal Relations   Finance   Judiciary No. 2   Public Debt   Revision of Senate Rules of Order and Joint Committee on Rules of Joint Session   State Penitentiaries   14th R.S. - 1874 Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Judiciary No. 2   Mexican Border Troubles   Penitentiary   Public Buildings   Removal of Judge L.M. Cooper, 3rd Judicial District

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