Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	13	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾		Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Angelina, Nacogdoches
S	13	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾		Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Angelina, Nacogdoches

(1) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Not present at the organization of the Senate. First mentioned on 11/7/1855, p. 47, "Mr. Flanagan moved to appoint a committee to take the vote of Mr. Whitaker - lost." Senate Journal.
(2) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(3) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, M.G. Whitaker, age 42, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Tennessee, farmer, postoffice Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

M.G. Whitaker, birth date 4/4/1811, death date 1/23/1893, biographical sketch, burial in Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Find a Grave.
WHITAKER, MADISON G. (1811-1893). Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary, Colonel Madison G. Whitaker, The Galveston Daily News, 1/25/1893, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Born 4/4/1811 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; died 1/23/1893 in Nacogdoches. "Colonel Whitaker served several years in the Texas legislature about 1855." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Texas Revolution, "probably enlisted" as Sergeant in Nacogdoches company commanded by Capt. Thomas J. Rusk, October 1835; Private, Nacogdoches Volunteer Company, enlisted 3/6/1836; veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, discharged 6/6/1836. Briefly a captain in the Texas Rangers, and some sources show he served under Gen. Kelsey H. Douglass in the Cherokee War of 1839. Handbook of Texas Online.

Committee Information top

6th R.S. - 1855 Counties and County Boundaries Finance Internal Improvements Private Land Claims No. 2 (Chair) Public Lands
5th R.S. - 1853 Finance Militia Privileges and Elections

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