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Benjamin T. Selman
Full Name: Benjamin T. Selman
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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12
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Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
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11th
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt, Wood
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12
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Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866
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9th
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10th
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt, Wood
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(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
Entire Senate went up for reelection in 1866 - "Thirty-three senators were elected to the Eleventh Legislature," p. 58.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(5)
10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3.
Senate Journal.
(6)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42.
Senate Journal.
(7)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age in 1866.
Senate Journal.
Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age.
Senate Journal.
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| Other Resources |
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Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Benjamin Selman, 11th Legislature, 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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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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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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