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George Preston Finlay
Full Name: George Preston Finlay
Date of birth: November 16, 1829
Date of death: March 24, 1911
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
H
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39
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Jan 10, 1893 - Jul 17, 1893
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23rd
(1)
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Galveston
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H
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35
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Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
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17th
(2)
(3)
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Galveston
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H
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35
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
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16th
(4)
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Galveston
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S
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24
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Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
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13th
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(6)
(7)
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Democrat
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Lavaca / Calhoun
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Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria
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S
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24
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Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862
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9th
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(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
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Lavaca / Calhoun
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Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria
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(1)
Finlay resigned 7/17/1893.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(3)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(5)
Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(6)
13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(7)
13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(8)
Current city of Port Lavaca orginally known as Lavaca.
Handbook of Texas Online.
(9)
"On the adjournment of the Ninth Legislature, in March, 1862, Colonel Finlay raised a company of infantry in Victoria County, Texas, and was assigned to duty in the Sixth Texas infantry . . ."
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
(10)
S. Addison White, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded George P. Finlay, resigned.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(11)
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.
(12)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Sketches |
FINLAY, GEORGE PRESTON (1829-1911). He was "an ardent Democrat who attended every state convention from 1865 until at least 1881."
Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, George Preston Finlay, pp. 375-379. Born 11/16/1829 in Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi; married Carrie Rea 11/16/1854 in Lavaca, Texas.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, p. 262.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Geo. P. Finlay, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph.
Geo. P. Finlay, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
G.P. Finlay, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph.
G.P. Finlay, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection..
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