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Daniel Short Full Name: Daniel McDowell Short Date of birth: December 14, 1819 Date of death: April 8, 1902 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 2 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Shelbyville / Shelby   Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity H 6 Aug 8, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1) (2)     Shelbyville / Shelby   Shelby H 24 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th     Shelbyville / Shelby   Shelby (1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. D.M. Short sworn 8/8/1866, p. 10. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches SHORT, DANIEL MCDOWELL (1819-1902). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Vol. IV, p. 2010. "From 1866 to 1892 Captain Short was chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of his district and county . . ." Birth date 12/14/1819. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914. Biographical sketch and portrait. Birth date 12/14/1822 in Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860. Photographs Photograph. Daniel Short, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Photograph. Daniel Short, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Daniel Short, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. Daniel Short, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board 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. 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 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.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Education   Impeachment Managers, Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District   Judiciary No. 1   Private Land Claims   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Redistricting   11th R.S. - 1866 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Federal Relations   Judiciary   Printing and Contingent Expenses   Privileges and Elections   Southern States, Draft Resolutions Expressive of Sympathy to   8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Military Affairs (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   State Affairs

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