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James Wiley Magoffin
Full Name: James Wiley "Don Santiago" Magoffin
Date of birth: 1799
Date of death: September 27, 1868
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
S
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33
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May 9, 1864 - Aug 6, 1866
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10th
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(2)
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El Paso / El Paso
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El Paso, Presidio
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(1)
James Magoffin, sworn 5/9/1864, did not attend Regular Session.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2)
10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
MAGOFFIN, JAMES WILEY (1799-1868).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Magoffin Home State Historical Site, El Paso, Texas.
Texas Historical Commission.
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Military Service Notes |
Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, District 33. James Wiley Magoffin.
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Brigadier General of the Texas State Troops, 1861, pp. 58-59.
Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
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Other Resources |
James Wiley "Don Santiago" Magoffin, born 1799 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky; death date 9/27/1868 in San Antonio; burial in San Fernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio.
Find a Grave.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
James Magoffin. Photo courtesy of The Texas Historical Commission., Donated Material
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