Santos Benavides

Full Name: José de los Santos Benavides
Date of birth: November 1, 1823
Date of death: November 9, 1891

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	83	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal
H	76	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Unaffiliated	Laredo / Webb	Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata
H	76	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) "In the legislative convention T.W. Keneday, of Starr county, was nominated for representative. Col. Santos Benavides will probably run independent," 10/7/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Election returns list Benavides as an Independent, p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Independent Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(6) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 83
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal

House District 76
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Unaffiliated
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata

House District 76
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata

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Resolutions and Journal entries

22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/12/1892, p. 269. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

BENAVIDES, SANTOS (1823-1891). Birth date 11/1/1823. Relatives: Basilio Benavides - uncle; Santos Benavides - nephew. Handbook of Texas Online.
BOTAS AND GUARACHES. In 1884, Santos Benavides was instrumental in the formation of the Guarache or citizen's party of South Texas, a faction of the democratic party opposed to the Botas. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Santos Benavides, pp. 613-615. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
Biography in the LRL collection, 976.4 T374T 2017. Tejano Tiger: José de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1823-1891, 2017.
Biographical sketch, p. 272. Born in Laredo, 11/1/1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 267. Born in Laredo, 11/1/1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Santos Benavides, pp. 324-330, including military correspondence. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Colonel, Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Santos Benavides, birth date 11/1/1823, death date 11/9/1891, burial in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Webb County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch, historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
10th Legislature, 1st Called Session, Special Laws, Joint Resolution of thanks to Col. Santos Benavides and the officers and men under his command, approved 5/24/1864. General and Special Laws of the State of Texas.
Confederate States Army, Colonel, 33rd Texas Cavalry (or Benavides' Regiment). Handbook of Texas Online.
"The highest-ranking Mexican Texan in the Confederate Army," p. xxiv. Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de La Garza and Manuel Yturri, 2011.
Santos Benavides, birth date 11/1/1823, death date 11/9/1891. "In 1864 the Texas legislature formally thanked Benavides for his defense of Laredo and the border. Highest ranking Hispanic Confederate." Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 28-29, 121, Plate No. 51. Birth date 11/1/1821, death date 11/9/1891. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Detailed account of Confederate States Army service throughout, including portrait. Captain, Benavides' Company, Texas Mounted Rifles; Major, 33rd Texas Cavalry; Colonel, Benavides' Regiment. Appendix A: Confederates, p. 180. Vaqueros in Blue and Gray, 2000.

Other Resources

Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
Part II, Historical Survey, "Secession and Civil War." Shared Experience: the History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor, 1994.
Historical marker, Santos Benavides, Saunders Street Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Webb County. Birth date 11/1/1823. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

Photograph. Sant. Benavides, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S. Benavedas, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883 Federal Relations Insurance and Statistics Memorial Services for Hon. W.H. Tucker of Anderson and Hon. A.J. Leo of Hidalgo Military Affairs Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas Reception for Distinguished Mexican Visitors, Including Ex-President Porfirio Diaz
17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts Federal Relations Indian Affairs Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas Stockraising
16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas

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