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Martin D. Hart
Full Name: Martin D. Hart
Date of birth: 1821
Date of death: January 23, 1863
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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3
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Nov 7, 1859 - Feb 26, 1861
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8th
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Greenville / Hunt
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Fannin, Hunt
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9
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Nov 5, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
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7th
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Greenville / Hunt
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Hunt
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(1)
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.
(2)
Turner L. Greene succeeded Martin D. Hart, resigned 2/26/1861.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3)
8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2.
Senate Journal.
(4)
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.
(5)
Kinney and Hart took the oath of office on 11/5/1857, p. 18.
House Journal.
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Listed in "Representatives Elected: Opposition." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
HART, MARTIN D. (1821?-1863).
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Other Resources |
Martin D. and Hardin Hart mentioned in "Hangings in Hunt and Hopkins Countries, 1863," pp. 68-80. Includes portrait and account of the hanging of Martin Hart.
Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136.
Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in account of secession debates and vigilantism in the Sulphur Forks watershed counties of East Texas, pp. 35-41.
Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Relatives: Martin D. Hart and Hardin Hart - brothers, p. 59.
Murder and Mayhem: the War of Reconstruction in Texas, 2003.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Martin Hart, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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