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John D. Stephens
Full Name: John D. Stephens
Date of birth: April 19, 1845
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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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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Counties in District |
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24
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
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Democrat
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Comanche / Comanche
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Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Jones, Palo Pinto, Runnels, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Taylor
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19
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Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
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14th
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Democrat
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Comanche / Comanche
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Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, McLennan, Runnels
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(1)
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
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
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, John D. Spephens [sic], pp. 39-41.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 238. Birth date 4/19/1845 in Tennessee. "When his legislative service was over, Stephens prospected in California and Mexico but came back to Texas, where 1886 found him occupied as grass commissioner. . ."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Other Resources |
John D. Stephens, Comanche, Comanche County, age 36, born in Tennessee, single, lawyer, boarder in household of Artie Lowery. Census of 1880.
Ancestry.com.
"Comanche: Grass Commissioner Stephens Addresses a Large Audience on the Land Question," Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 2/12/1886, p. 6. "Mr. Stephens claimed to have been the first legislator to have drawn up a bill providing for the sale of the state school lands to actual settlers. . ."
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
J.D. Stephens, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.D. Stephens, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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.
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