Daniel McDowell Short

Full Name: Daniel McDowell Short, Sr.
Date of birth: December 14, 1819
Date of death: April 6, 1902

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	2	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Shelbyville / Shelby	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity
H	6	Aug 8, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾		Shelbyville / Shelby	Shelby
H	24	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th		Shelbyville / Shelby	Shelby

(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. D.M. Short sworn 8/8/1866, p. 10. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 2
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Shelbyville / Shelby
Counties in district: Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity

House District 6
Aug 8, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Shelbyville / Shelby
Counties in district: Shelby

House District 24
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th
Home City/County: Shelbyville / Shelby
Counties in district: Shelby

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Daniel M. Short, Sr., death date 4/6/1902, biographical sketch and portraits, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, with spouse Maggie Casey Short. Find a Grave.
SHORT, DANIEL MCDOWELL (1819-1902). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and photo, Captain Daniel McDowell Short, Volume IV, p. 2010. "From 1866 to 1892 Captain Short was chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of his district and county . . ." Birth date 12/14/1819; death date 4/8/1902. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Birth date 12/14/1822 in Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Included in biographical sketch of grandson Maurice Short, Volume IV, pp. 243-244. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Military Service Notes

Mexican War, Lieutenant, 12th United States Infantry under Zachary Taylor. Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, Col. Elkanah B. Greer's 3rd Texas Cavalry, then became part of Lawrence Sullivan Ross' brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Death date 4/6/1902 in widow's obituary. Mrs. C.M. Short or M.C. Short, Center, Shelby County, "widow of Capt. D.M. Short who died here on the 6th day of April 1902." "Mortuary," 9/9/1904, p. 5. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. D.M. Short, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. D.M. Short, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.M. Short, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.M. Short, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873 Education Impeachment Managers, Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District Judiciary No. 1 Private Land Claims Privileges and Elections (Chair) Redistricting
11th R.S. - 1866 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Federal Relations Judiciary Printing and Contingent Expenses Privileges and Elections Southern States, Draft Resolutions Expressive of Sympathy to
8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment Judicial Districts Judiciary Military Affairs (Chair) Privileges and Elections State Affairs

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