Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	11	Nov 3, 1851 - Mar 27, 1852	4th (1) (2) (3)		Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches
H	19	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd (4)		Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches
H	Nacogdoches	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd (5)		Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches

(1) 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.
(2) Steward Miller, sworn 1/10/1853, succeeded Adolphus Sterne, died 3/27/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.
(4) 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).
(5) 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., address by Representative Pollock and memorial resolution, 1/19/1853, pp. 116-119. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, pp. 175-176, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
• Biography of Adolphus Sterne and his son, Charles Adolphus Sterne, pp. 37-39. A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, Showing the Development of this Important County . . ., 1936.
• STERNE, NICHOLAS ADOLPHUS (1801-1852). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

• Portrait, p. 129. From Slave to Statesman, 1993.
• Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.

Committee Information top

4th R.S. - 1851 Education   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Penitentiary (Chair)  Private Land Claims

3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special   Archives of Martin De Leon's Colony   Claims and Accounts   Comptroller and Treasurer, Examine   Contingent Expenses   Division of the Supreme Court, Governor's Message   Governor's Message, Select   Indian Affairs   Land Office (Chair)  Post Routes, Select   Quieting Land Titles of the State, Governor's Message   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

2nd R.S. - 1847 Post Routes   Public Buildings   Roads and Public Highways