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Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney
Full Name: Ebenezer Lafayette "Eben" Dohoney, Sr.
Other surnames:
Dahoney
Date of birth: October 13, 1832
Date of death: March 29, 1919
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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11
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Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874
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12th
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(4)
(5)
13th
(1)
(2)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Fannin, Lamar
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(1)
Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2)
13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(3)
12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term.
Senate Journal.
(4)
12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Request of R. Peterson to lay claims to the Senate seat occupied by E.L. Dohoney of the 11th Senatorial District tabled, 2/14/1870, p. 14.
Senate Journal.
(5)
Party affiliation, Democrat.
Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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36th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/5/1919, p. 34.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, pp. 127-128.
Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Biography, pp. 28-41. Birth date 10/12/1832.
Constitutional Convention, a New Beginning: Two Constitutions, 1875 and 1974, 1974.
DOHONEY, EBENEZER LAFAYETTE (1832-1919).
Handbook of Texas Online.
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| Military Service Notes |
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Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 9th Texas Cavalry. Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney.
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
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| Other Resources |
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Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136.
Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Portrait and discussion of anti-secession speeches included in account of vigilantism in the Sulphur Forks watershed counties of East Texas, pp. 35-41.
Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6.
Paris News.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
Photograph.
E.L. Dohoney, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
E.L. Dohoney, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection..
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