Marmion Henry Bowers

Full Name: Marmion Henry Bowers
Date of birth: April 29, 1829
Date of death: March 3, 1872

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Feb 8, 1870 - Mar 3, 1872	12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Austin / Travis		Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson
H	55	Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866	10th		Austin / Travis		Travis

(1) Bowers' "lack of any clear party identification was well illustrated by an amusing comment in the November 13, 1869, Austin Republican: 'in 1866 when ex-Confederate Captain Bowers was a candidate for the State Senate . . . he declared that during the war he was a Union man, fighting for the Confederacy. Now he is before the people as a Confederate, fighting for the Union. Bowers is a very convenient man' . . . Bowers consistently voted with the moderates and the Democrats," p. 90. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(2) "Mr. H. Bowers, Democratic Senator from the 28th District, will offer . . . a resolution . . . ", 4/6/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.
(4) 12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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Senate District 28
Feb 8, 1870 - Mar 3, 1872
Legislatures: 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Austin / Travis
Counties in district: Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

House District 55
Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866
Legislatures: 10th
Home City/County: Austin / Travis
Counties in district: Travis

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Biographical Sketches

BOWERS, MARMION HENRY (1829-1872). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Jotting by a returned Austin correspondent," 8/23/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
Obituary, 3/7/1872, p. 2. "In the death of Senator Bowers, Texas loses an able statesman, the bar a studious lawyer, the Democratic party a pure politician." Galveston Daily News.
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.
Business and personal correspondence included in the Personal and Family Archive collection, Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center.

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12th Adjourned - 1871 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examine Federal Relations Fire Protection of State Buildings Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Judiciary Private Land Claims Public Buildings Public Debt
12th R.S. - 1871 Examine Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Federal Relations Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Judiciary Private Land Claims Public Buildings Public Debt
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examine Federal Relations Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Judiciary Private Land Claims Public Buildings Public Debt
12th Provisional - 1870 Rules and Regulations
10th R.S. - 1863 Internal Improvements Judiciary Military Affairs

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