Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
H	6	Nov 7, 1859 - Feb 9, 1861	8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	McKinney / Collin	Collin
S	3	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Unknown / Collin	Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson
H	6	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	Unknown / Collin	Collin, Grayson
H	Fannin	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd ⁽⁹⁾	Unknown / Fannin	Collin, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt

(1) Bogart resigned 2/9/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) McKinney, Collin County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(4) Senate District 3, represented Cooke, Grayson, Denton, Collin, and Dallas counties. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(5) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.
(6) House District 6, represented Grayson, Collin, and Cooke counties. House Journal.
(7) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(8) Collin County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(9) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

BOGART, SAMUEL (1797-1861). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch of the Hon. Sam Bogart from a speech made before the House of Representatives in Texas in 1861, submitted by Vicki Shaffer. Bogart born 4/2/1797, died 3/11/1861. Collin County, TXGenWeb Project.

Other Resources

Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
"Samuel Bogart, representative from old Fannin County in the heart of the colony," p. 229; Controversy over Senator Sam Bogart's bill to amend the pre-colonist law of 1850, pp. 230-234, discusses anger of constituents in Dallas County and Denton County. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Photographs

Photograph. Samuel Bogart, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment Indian Difficulties on Frontier Military Affairs Rules, Select
4th R.S. - 1851 Apportionment Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) Indian Affairs Internal Improvements Militia Private Land Claims
3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special Division of the Supreme Court, Governor's Message Federal Relations Governor's Message, Select Judicial Districts, Select Military Affairs Public Buildings (Chair) Public Lands State Affairs
2nd R.S. - 1847 County Boundaries Federal Relations Judiciary Land Office State Affairs

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