Davis Prendergast
Full Name: Davis M'Gee PrendergastDate of birth: December 26, 1816
Date of death: March 2, 1910
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 19 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th (1) | Democrat | Springfield / Limestone | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | |
| H | 40 | Nov 2, 1863 - Jun 1, 1865 | 10th (2) | Springfield / Limestone | Falls, Freestone, Limestone |
(1) The town of Springfield was the first county seat of Limestone County when it was established in 1847. The town began to decline when it was bypassed by the railroad, and after the courthouse burned down in 1873, the county seat moved to Groesbeck. When the former townsite became part of Fort Parker State Park in the mid-1930s, only the cemetery remained. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Prendergast resigned 6/1/1865. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Terms of Service top
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House District 19
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Springfield / Limestone Counties in district: Falls, Limestone, McLennan |
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House District 40
Nov 2, 1863 - Jun 1, 1865 Legislatures: 10th (2) Home City/County: Springfield / Limestone Counties in district: Falls, Freestone, Limestone |
(1) The town of Springfield was the first county seat of Limestone County when it was established in 1847. The town began to decline when it was bypassed by the railroad, and after the courthouse burned down in 1873, the county seat moved to Groesbeck. When the former townsite became part of Fort Parker State Park in the mid-1930s, only the cemetery remained. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Prendergast resigned 6/1/1865. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- Portrait, 10th Legislature, Regular Session. House Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- PRENDERGAST, DAVIS M'GEE (1816-1910). Relatives: Davis M'Gee Prendergast, father; Albert C. Prendergast, son. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, D.M. Prendergast, pp. 256-257. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Judge D.M. Prendergast, pp. 364-366. Born 12/26/1816 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. Member of the Secession Convention in 1861 and the 10th and 13th Legislatures. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893.
Other Resources
- Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. Davis Prendergast, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Davis Prendergast, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
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.
- 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 Texas Photographs.
Committee Information top
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13th R.S. - 1873
Agricultural and Mechanical College Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Federal Relations Finance Impeachment of Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District, Select Judiciary No. 2 Privileges and Elections | ||
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10th R.S. - 1863
Confederate Relations Finance Public Debt (Chair) |
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