Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	33	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th (1)	Democrat	Cedar Bayou / Harris		Harris
H	36	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th (2)		Houston / Harris		Harris
H	36	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th		Cedar Bayou / Harris		Harris

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

• Biography in LRL collection, 328.764 SM51S 1982, Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, 1805-1886, 1982.
• SMITH, ASHBEL (1805-1886). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Portrait and biographical sketch. Lone Star Junction, 1995.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 260-261. Born in 1806. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

• Describes the Ashbel Smith papers, including speeches and correspondence. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 61-62. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
• Ashbel Smith, birth date 8/12/1805, death date 1/21/1886. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
• Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 19, 100, Plate No. 38. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
• General Zachary Taylor's Army in 1846 war with Mexico; Confederate States Army, Colonel, 2nd Texas Infantry. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

• Photo, discussion of service as president of first University of Texas Board of Regents. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005.
• Portrait, p. 131. From Slave to Statesman, 1993.
• Smith, Ashbel. Birth date 8/13/1805, death date 1/21/1886 on headstone. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

• Photograph. Ashbel Smith. Photo courtesy of the Texas Medical Association., Donated Material

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising   Assessment and Collection of Taxes   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance and Statistics (Chair)  Military Affairs   Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas (Chair)  Rules   State Asylums

11th R.S. - 1866 Cholera and Epidemic Disease in Austin   Congressional Districts, Select   Direct Tax, Select (Chair)  Education   Federal Relations (Chair)  Finance   Geological Bureau, Select (Chair)  Jefferson Davis, Petition to Release, Select   Judiciary   Lunatic Asylum, Select   Rules   U.S. Senators, Election of

6th R.S. - 1855 Education   Geological Surveys and Bureau of Agriculture, Select (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Public Debt (Chair)  Slaves and Slavery