Decimus et Ultimus Barziza

Full Name: Decimus et Ultimus "Bar" Barziza
Date of birth: September 4, 1838
Date of death: January 30, 1882

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	33	Apr 18, 1876 - Aug 2, 1876	15th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Houston / Harris		Harris
H	14	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	Houston / Harris		Harris, Montgomery

(1) "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Barziza's resignation debate discussed in detail. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Resignation letter to Governor, 8/2/1876, p. 742, describing reasons: "On account of my health, and believing that the first and regular session of the Fifteenth Legislature was lawfully adjourned at 12 o'clock on Monday, the 31st day of July, and believing that the Speaker of the House should have so held and declared . . . " House Journal.
(3) Barziza resigned 8/2/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 33
Apr 18, 1876 - Aug 2, 1876
Legislatures: 15th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 14
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris, Montgomery

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Biographical Sketches

BARZIZA, DECIMUS ET ULTIMUS (1838-1882). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, pp. 96-98. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Military Service Notes

Decimus et Ultimus Barziza's personal narrative of Civil War experience in LRL collection, 328.764 B289B 1964. The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864, 1964.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 4th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
Decimus et Ultimus Barziza. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Photographs

Photograph. D.U. Barziza, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.I. Barziza, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Federal Relations Judiciary No. 2 Printing
14th R.S. - 1874 Asylums Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Comptroller and Treasurer Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Education Election Contest, Petition of S.Y. Smith of Walker County, James V. Lea Internal Improvements Judges M. Walker and Wesley Ogden, Supreme Court Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) State Affairs Texas Central Railroad

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