Jack May Martin
Full Name: Jack May Martin
Date of birth: June 16, 1846
Date of death: March 8, 1882
Terms of Service top
Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
S
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11
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Jan 11, 1881 - Mar 8, 1882
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17th
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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Democrat
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Gainesville / Cooke
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Cooke, Grayson
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H
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48
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
(5)
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Democrat
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Sherman / Grayson
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(1)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
William O. Davis, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded J.M. Martin, died 3/9/1882.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4)
17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(5)
Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 17th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial resolutions for the Hon. Stephen Powers, Senator from the 29th District; the Hon. J.M. Martin, Senator from the 11th District; and the Hon. John T. Buchanan, Senator from the 16th District, 4/22/1882.
Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, J.M. Martin, pp. 116-118.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
- 17th Legislature - J.M. Martin had previously served in the House in the 15th Legislature, biographical sketch, pp. 280, 288. Born in Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1848.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Company K, 4th Tennessee Cavalry, Harrison's Brigade, Wharton's Division, Army of Tennessee. Military grave marker, Jack May Martin, birth date 6/16/1846, death date 3/8/1882, burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.
Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- Death notice, "Death, in Tennessee, of Senator Martin," 3/10/1882, Gainesville, dateline March 9, died last night at 10 o'clock (March 8).
Galveston Daily News.
- J.M. Martin, "Ready to make laws . . . Eighty members present (House)" (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
- Death announcement, Brenham Weekly Banner, 3/16/1882, p. 1, telegram from Saundersville, Tennessee received at Gainesville.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Photographs
- Photograph.
J.M. Martin, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
J.M. Martin, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
Committee Information top
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