Robert Turner Flewellen

Full Name: Robert Turner Flewellen, Sr.
Date of birth: October 2, 1821
Date of death: January 5, 1899

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	33	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris
H	52	Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863	9th		Washington / Washington	Fayette, Washington
H	49	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th		Washington / Washington	Washington

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 33
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 52
Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863
Legislatures: 9th
Home City/County: Washington / Washington
Counties in district: Fayette, Washington

House District 49
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th
Home City/County: Washington / Washington
Counties in district: Washington

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

Portrait, 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

FLEWELLEN, ROBERT TURNER (1821-1899). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Robert Turner Flewellen, Sr., pp. 253-254. The Medicine Man in Texas, 1930.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Dr. Robert T. Flewellen, pp. 237-238. Robert Turner Flewellen, Sr., born 10/2/1821 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

Other Resources

Robt. T. Flewellen, birth date 10/2/1821 in Monroe County, Georgia (on grave marker); death date 1/5/1899 in Houston, Texas; burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, with wife Eugenia A. Flewellen. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Dr. Robert F. Flewellen, The Daily Examiner (Navasota, Texas), 1/6/1899, p. 4, crediting Navasota Public Library. Birth date 10/2/1821 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; death date 1/5/1899 in Houston. "In 1859 he was elected to the house of representatives and again in 1861 from the district of Washington and Fayette counties . . . In 1875 he removed to Houston and was elected to represent Harris county in the legislature in 1878. He secured the passage by the legislature of the first bill for the charter of a medical college in Texas." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.

Photographs

Photograph. Robert Flewellen, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. Robert Flewellen. Photo courtesy of the Texas Medical Association., Donated Material

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Code of Criminal Procedure, Select Education Finance Penitentiary Privileges and Elections Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas Public Lands and Land Office State Asylums Towns and City Corporations
9th R.S. - 1861 Confederate Relations Counties and County Boundaries Flags of 4th and 5th Texas Regiments Military Affairs (Chair)
8th R.S. - 1859 Agricultural Affairs Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine (Chair) Federal Relations Internal Improvement Slaves and Slavery

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