Franklin Barlow Sexton
Full Name: Franklin Barlow SextonDate of birth: April 29, 1828
Date of death: May 15, 1900
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 15 | Elected but never sworn | 8th (1) (2) (3) | San Augustine / San Augustine | Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine |
(1) Franklin Sexton succeeded Henry C. Wallace, resigned 1/4/1861; Sexton did not appear. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Sexton elected, but never sworn. Not present at organization of the Senate, 8th Legislature, 1st C.S., 1/21/1861, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(3) 8th Legislature - Replacements for the special sessions included Ben F. Neal for Britton, H.P.C. Dulany for Dickinson, Steward A. Miller for Rainey, and Franklin B. Sexton for Wallace, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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Senate District 15
Elected but never sworn Legislatures: 8th (1) (2) (3) Home City/County: San Augustine / San Augustine Counties in district: Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine |
(1) Franklin Sexton succeeded Henry C. Wallace, resigned 1/4/1861; Sexton did not appear. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Sexton elected, but never sworn. Not present at organization of the Senate, 8th Legislature, 1st C.S., 1/21/1861, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(3) 8th Legislature - Replacements for the special sessions included Ben F. Neal for Britton, H.P.C. Dulany for Dickinson, Steward A. Miller for Rainey, and Franklin B. Sexton for Wallace, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, F.B. Sexton, pp. 391-399. "In 1861 he entered the Confederate service, and during the same year was elected to fill a vacancy in the Texas Senate, but did not return in time to take his seat." Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Franklin Barlow Sexton, p. 759. "In 1861, during his absence from home, he was elected to the State senate to fill a vacancy, but did not return in time to take his seat." Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Franklin Barlow Sexton, pp. 189-190. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- SEXTON, FRANKLIN BARLOW (1828-1900). Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Biographical sketch, p. 96. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
- Franklin Barlow Sexton. Representative from Texas to Confederate Congress. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Confederate States Army. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 150-151, Plate No. 63. "Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Sexton enlisted in the Confederate army but soon after was elected to a vacancy in the Texas Senate. He returned too late to take his seat in the Senate . . . " Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
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