Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	60	Nov 8, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th (1)		Victoria / Victoria		Goliad, Victoria
H	49	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th		Victoria / Victoria		Calhoun, Victoria
H	39	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd (2)		Victoria / Victoria		DeWitt, Lavaca, Victoria

(1) Not present at organization of the House on 11/7/1853. Messrs. Stapp and Baylor sworn on 11/8/1853, p. 9. House Journal.
(2) 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).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Darwin M. Stapp, age 38 (born circa 1815), native state Kentucky, emigrated from Missouri in 1830, farmer, postoffice Victoria, Victoria County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• STAPP, DARWIN MASSEY (1815-1875). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

• Darwin M. Stapp, Soldier in the Texas War for Independence, Participated in the Siege of Bexar, 1835. D.M. Stapp, death date 2/23/1875, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria County. Includes portraits, obituary from Galveston Daily News, 3/3/1875. Find a Grave.
• Texas Army, Private. Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, 24th Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
• Darwin Massey Stapp, born 1815 in Kentucky, death date 2/28/1875 in biographical sketch and 2/23/1875 on headstone. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Committee Information top

5th R.S. - 1853 Finance   Indian Affairs   Private Land Claims No. 1   Private Land Claims No. 2

4th R.S. - 1851 Internal Improvements   Land Office (Chair)  Post Office and Department of State, Examine (Chair)  Private Land Claims No. 2

3rd R.S. - 1849 County Boundaries   Education   Governor's Message, Select   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts, Select   Post Routes, Select (Chair)  Private Land Claims   Public Debt, Select (Co-Chair)  Public Lands   Purchase of Northwestern Territory, Governor's Message   Quieting Land Titles of the State, Governor's Message