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Richard Levesly Hightower Full Name: Richard Levesly Hightower Date of birth: May 24, 1836 Date of death: April 5, 1890 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 4 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)   Democrat Elysian Fields / Harrison   Harrison (1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (3) Hightower District 4, Tilson District 5. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (5) Hightower District 4, Tilson District 5. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (6) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Hightower district number not listed with roll call, Tilson is District 4, p. 1. Senate Journal. (7) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal. (8) Hightower was a member of the Citizen's party, p. 287. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Robert L. Hightower, pp. 286-287. Born 5/24/1836 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; 3rd marriage to Alice Fortson; died 4/5/1890. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Other Resources Richard Levesly Hightower and Alice Fortson, parents of Della H. Hawley, death date 2/3/1971. Richard Lee Hightower and Alice Fortson, parents of Francis Marion Hightower, death date 4/16/1960. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Della H. Hawley Francis Marion Hightower Richard L. Hightower, birth date 5/24/1836, death date 4/5/1890, burial in Hightower Cemetery, Harrison County. Includes death notice in Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 4/6/1890. Find a Grave. Robert L. Hightower. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Richard Levesly Hightower. Photo, obituary, and family group sheet. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. R.L. Hightower mentioned as a Citizens Party candidate, election of 1880, p. 361. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983. Photographs Photograph. R.L. Hightower, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural Affairs   Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Congressional Districts, Apportionment   Constitutional Amendments   General Land Office (Chair)  Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges and Elections   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs

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