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Francis Gray Franks
Full Name: Francis Gray Franks
Date of birth: 1838
Date of death: June 11, 1874
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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13
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Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
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13th
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Republican
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Wharton / Wharton
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Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton
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13
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Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873
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12th
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Radical Republican
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Wharton / Wharton
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Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton
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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.
(3)
13th Legislature - 1/14/1873, p. 1. S. Evans, F.G. Franks, and R.P. Tendick absent on first day.
Senate Journal.
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13th Legislature - Republican, 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. - Eligibility to serve challenged by democratic members, 6/6/1870, p. 312; resolution not adopted, 6/11/1870, p. 349.
House Journal. June 11, 1870
June 6, 1870
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12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870.
House Journal.
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Party affiliation, Radical.
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 |
J.G. Franks.
House Journal.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, p. 150. Born 1838 in Mississippi.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Other Resources |
"From Wharton County," 6/14/1874, p. 2. "About 4 o'clock this afternoon [June 11, 1874] L.L. Lacy shot and killed F.G. Franks."
Galveston Daily News.
"Letter from Wharton," 12/14/1873, p. 4. "We had very nearly an event between two prominant Republicans this week."
Galveston Daily News.
"Trouble in Wharton County," 11/14/1873, p. 3. "Gray Franks, late Senator from that district, had a misunderstanding with Mr. Boffman [sic] — the present Sheriff of Wharton County, and nominee of the Radical party for the Senate in Mr. Frank's place — in which Mr. Boffman received the contents of a double-barrel shot-gun."
Galveston Daily News.
Attempted murder of I.N. Baughman and murder of Gray Franks discussed in "Southern Law and Order," 9/25/1876, p. 8.
New York Times.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Francis Franks, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph.
Francis Franks, 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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