James Washington Guinn
Full Name: James Washington Guinn
Date of birth: June 11, 1804
Date of death: August 27, 1866
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Terms of Service top
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Aug 6, 1866 - Aug 18, 1866
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11th
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Homer / Angelina
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Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine
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Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866
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10th
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Homer / Angelina
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Angelina, Nacogdoches
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(1)
Frederick Voight, sworn 10/8/1866, succeeded James W. Guinn, died 8/18/1866.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2)
11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5.
Senate Journal.
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Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age 62 in 1866. Remarks: died Aug. 1866.
Senate Journal.
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GUINN, JAMES WASHINGTON (1804-1866). "Guinn moved with his family to Cherokee County, Texas, in 1858, joining his brother Robert Henry who was a lawyer in Rusk." Relatives: James Washington Guinn and Robert Henry Guinn - brothers. [See also, Descendants of Robert Gwin of Augusta Co, Virginia.]
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, p. 63.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
Guinn, James Washington. "Guinn moved with his family to Cherokee County, Texas, in 1858, joining his brother Robert Henry who was a lawyer in Rusk.".
Texas State Cemetery.
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Third generation, John Guin, children of marriage of John Guin and Rachel Shields Guin. Relatives: James Washington Guin (born 6/11/1804, died 8/27/1866 in Austin) and Robert Henry Guin (born 1/19/1822) - brothers.
Descendants of Robert Gwin of Augusta Co, Virginia, 2005.
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11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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