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Lewis G. Harman Full Name: Lewis G. Harman Other surnames: Harmon Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 25 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1)     Paris / Lamar   Hopkins, Lamar S 2 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (2) (3) (4) (5)     Tarrant / Hopkins   Hopkins, Lamar (1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (3) L.G. Harman, Secretary, Ratification meeting of States Rights Constitutional Democrats, 8/28/1860, Hopkins County courthouse, Tarrant. State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1860. crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (4) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal. (5) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Lewis G. Harman, opening day roll call, 11/7/1859, p. 2; L.G. Harman, native of Tennessee, age 33, immigrated 1837, Hopkins county, surveyor, Tarrant post office, in Senate roster, p. 603. Senate Journal. 8th R.S. November 7, 1859 8th R.S. Roster Biographical Sketches Rep. L.G. Harman, co-author of article on Lamar County. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas, p. 169, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Other Resources Possibly Lewis G. Harman listed in Masonic Lodge, Tarrant Lodge No. 91, Hopkins County. Masonic Voice Review, Volume 16, 1857, p. 378. Google Books. Census of 1860, Tarrrant Hopkins County - L.G. Harman, age 33, surveying, born in Tennessee. HeritageQuest Online. Lewis G. Harmon. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News. Lewis G. Harmon. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. Photographs Photograph. Lewis Harman, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Lewis G. Harman, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 11th R.S. - 1866 Public Lands (Chair)  8th R.S. - 1859 Agriculture   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Land Office   Private Land Claims   State Penitentiary, Location of a Branch, Select

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