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James T. Polley
Full Name: James T. Polley
Other surnames:
Polly
Date of birth: November 12, 1851
Date of death: March 2, 1904
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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4
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Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
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17th
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Democrat
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Milam / Sabine
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Sabine, San Augustine
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
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16th
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Democrat
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Milam / Sabine
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Sabine, San Augustine
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(1)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(3)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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James T. Polley in 16th Legislature; Joseph T. Polley in 17th Legislature.
House Journal. 16th R.S.
17th R.S.
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Judge James T. Polley, candidacy for U.S. Congress, biographical sketch, and drawing, "Polley a Candidate," The Galveston Daily News, 3/9/1896, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Born 11/12/1851 in Polk County, married Laura A. Larkin in Sabine County, April 1875. "At the November election in 1878 I was elected to the Sixteenth legislature, representing the counties of Sabine and San Augustine; was re-elected in 1880 and served the full time." Moved to Shelby County in November 1888.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, James T. Polley, p. 253. Born 11/12/1851 in Polk County. J.T. Polley in roster.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Roster
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Census of 1880 - James T. Polley, Milam, Sabine County, age 28, born circa 1852 in Texas, lawyer farmer & merchant, wife Laura A.
Census of 1900 - James T. Polley, Shelby County, age 49, born November 1851 in Texas, lawyer, wife Laura A.
FamilySearch. 1880
1900
Hon. James T. Polley, birth date 11/12/1851, death date 3/2/1904, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County.
Find a Grave.
James T. Polley.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
J.T. Polly.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
Jas. T. Polly, Sabine County, Milam, p. 55, "was engrossing clerk in fourteenth legislature."
Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77, 1877.
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Photograph.
J.T. Polly, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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