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Henry Rawson
Full Name: Henry Rawson
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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7
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Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874
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12th
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13th
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Radical Republican
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Marshall / Harrison
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Harrison
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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.
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Republican.
Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
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"Returning radicals [to the 13th Legislature] were Thomas H. Baker, Webster Flanagan, S.W. Ford, Albert J. Fountain, Matthew Gaines, Phidello W. Hall, Henry Rawson, George T. Ruby, William A. Saylor, and Robert P. Tendick," p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 6-year term.
Senate Journal.
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Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870.
Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, p. 110.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Other Resources |
Biographical information, pp. 121-123, "continued his rise as a Republican by winning the state senate seat from Harrison County . . . "
Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997.
Henry Rawson, a native of England, lived in Marshall before the Civil War, p. 292; one of the Republicans from Harrison County who took office in 1870, re-elected, pp. 306, 308.
A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Henry Rawson, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph.
Henry Rawson, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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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