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Santos Benavides Full Name: Santos Benavides Date of birth: November 1, 1823 Date of death: November 9, 1891 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/12/1892, p. 269. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Santos Benavides, birth date 11/1/1823, death date 11/9/1891, portrait, biographical sketch, and headstone photos, interment in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Webb County. Find a Grave. 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. Biography, p. 272. Born in Laredo, 11/1/1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biography, p. 267. Born in Laredo, 11/1/1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Colonel, Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Santos Benavides. 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 Text of Webb County historical marker: Saunders Street Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Texas. Birth date November 1, 1823. Fort Tours. Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online. Part II, Historical Survey, "Secession and Civil War." Shared Experience: the History, Architecture and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor, 1994. Photographs Photograph. Santos Benavides, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Santos Benavides, 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 Informationtop 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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