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Claiborne Kyle
Full Name: Claiborne John Kyle
Date of birth: August 8, 1800
Date of death: July 30, 1867

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District

H 58 Aug 6, 1866 - Jul 30, 1867 11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ San Marcos / Hays Blanco, Caldwell, Hays

H 58 Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 10th Mountain City / Hays Blanco, Caldwell, Hays

S 27 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ San Marcos / Hays Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Mountain City was twelve miles north of San Marcos in central Hays County. It had one of the first post offices and stagecoach stops between Austin and San Marcos. It reportedly received its name from William Walton Haupt when he became postmaster in 1858 or 1860. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Home post office - San Marcos; home county - Hays. House Journal.
(4) Home address - Mountain City; home county - Hays. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) Home county listed as Blanco. Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(6) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times, 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(7) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette [Austin, Tex.], 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(8) 5th Legislature - 11/7/1853, p. 2. Included in "roll of Senators elected being called by districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats." Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Claiborne John Kyle, birth date 8/8/1800 in Hawkins County, Tennessee; death date 7/30/1867 in Texas; biographical sketch, portrait, interment in Kyle Cemetery, Kyle, Hays County. Find a Grave.

KYLE, CLAIBORNE (1800-1867). Relatives: Claiborne Kyle - father, Fergus Kyle, founder of Kyle, Texas - son. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. Claiborne Kyle, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Informationtop

11th R.S. - 1866
Agriculture and Stock Raising (Chair)
Burning of Brenham, Select
Claims and Accounts
Judiciary
Printing and Contingent Expenses

10th R.S. - 1863
Frontier Defense and Protection (Co-Chair)
Private Land Claims (Chair)
Roads, Bridges and Ferries
Stock and Stock Raising

5th R.S. - 1853
Finance
Indian Affairs
Private Land Claims
Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)

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