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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	19	Feb 10, 1870 - Feb 16, 1870	12th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	Republican	Waco / McLennan		Falls, Limestone, McLennan
H	45	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th (6)		Waco / McLennan		Bell, McLennan

(1) 12th Legislature - "Andrew J. Evans, a liberal Republican, took the oath but was declared ineligible in an election contest and was replaced by Radical Republican S.W. Ford," p. 87. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(2) S.W. Ford, sworn 2/16/1870, succeeded Andrew J. Evans, sworn 2/10/1870, unseated in election contest. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) "In each house the radicals had a slight majority over both Democrats and conservative Republicans. . .These made short work of the [election] contests; the radical contestants were seated in nearly every instance. Several of those who lost their seats were leading Hamilton Republicans, as A.J. Evans in the senate and M.L. Armstrong in the house. . .fn3, One case that seems particularly flagrant was the unseating of Nelson Plato (Dem.) of the Brownsville district," p. 289. Reconstruction in Texas, 1910.
(4) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Absent on opening day, 2/8/1870, p. 4. Report of election contest between S.W. Ford and A.J. Evans recommending that S.W. Ford be seated, 2/16/1870, pp. 26-27. Senate Journal. February 16, 1870 February 8, 1870
(5) 12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(6) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• EVANS, ANDREW JACKSON (1832-1897). "During the Civil War Evans remained a committed Unionist, making several speeches in and around his home in Waco." Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

• Mentioned as "Young men . . . addressed rallies in their areas of the state" in support of Constitutional Unionism. Baggett, James Alex, "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," The Journal of Southern History, Vol.40(3), August 1974, p. 445. Journal of Southern History.
• Included on list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," Vol. 82, No. 3, p. 238, 256-262. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
• Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Committee Information top

12th Adjourned - 1871 Finance   Immigration   Land Office   Public Lands

12th R.S. - 1871 Finance   Immigration   Land Office   Public Lands

12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Finance   Immigration   Land Office   Public Lands   Public School Lands

7th R.S. - 1857 County Boundaries   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Petition of Citizens on the Frontier, Relative to Indian Depredations   Public Grounds   Public Lands   San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations   Tax Laws and Payment of Taxes Upon Real Estate (Co-Chair)