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Benjamin Selman
Full Name: Benjamin T. Selman
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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12
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Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
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11th
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(4)
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt, Wood
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12
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Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866
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9th
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10th
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt, Wood
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(1)
11th Legislature - 8/6/1866 (First Day), pp. 2, 4, all 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials. "Upon calling the roll of Districts, the following Senators responded and presented their credentials."
Senate Journal.
(2)
Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3)
Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4)
Entire Senate went up for reelection in 1866 - "Thirty-three senators were elected to the Eleventh Legislature," p. 58.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(5)
10th Legislature - 11/3/1863, p. 1. Holdover Senator, listed in "roll was then called as follows. . ."
Senate Journal.
(6)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/12/1861, p. 42. Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years).
Senate Journal.
(7)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/4/1861, p. 1. Listed in roll of Senators who "presented their credentials, took the oath prescribed by the Constitution and their seats."
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age in 1866.
Senate Journal.
Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age.
Senate Journal.
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Photograph.
Benjamin Selman, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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