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H.C. Ellis

Full Name: H. C. Ellis
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 10 Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873 12th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Hopkins, Hunt, Wood

Terms of service footnotes


(1) H.C. Ellis, oaths of office as representative of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870, 2/9/1870, and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal. ↩
(3) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
12th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Quitman / Wood
Counties in district:
Hopkins, Hunt, Wood

Terms of service notes


(1) H.C. Ellis, oaths of office as representative of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870, 2/9/1870, and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal. ↩
(3) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Communications related to H.C. Ellis' refusal to testify before the Travis County Grand Jury, 2/13/1871, pp. 292-294. Referred to as the Hon. H.C. Ellis, Capt. H.C. Ellis. House Journal.

  • H.C. Ellis, birthplace Mississippi, voter registration 11/26/1869 in Wood County, Texas. Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869. Ancestry.com.
  • Description of House session 2/13/1871 when "A message was received from the Governor enclosing the statement of Judge Richardson, that the Hon. H.C. Ellis, Representative from Wood county, refused to testily before the Grandy Jury of Travis county . . . ," "Telegraphic: Special to Flake's Bulletin," 2/14/1871, p. 3. Flake's Daily Galveston Bulletin.

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