Pleasant Kittrell

Full Name: Pleasant Williams Kittrell
Date of birth: April 13, 1805
Date of death: September 29, 1867

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	40	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽¹⁾		Huntsville / Walker		Grimes, Madison, Walker
H	40	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th ⁽²⁾		Unknown / Madison		Grimes, Madison, Walker

(1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 40
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽¹⁾
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Grimes, Madison, Walker

House District 40
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Unknown / Madison
Counties in district: Grimes, Madison, Walker

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch of Pleasant Williams Kittrell. Relatives: Pleasant Williams Kittrell - father, Norman Goree Kittrell, Sr. - son; Norman Goree Kittrell, Sr. - father, Norman Goree Kittrell, Jr. - son; Pleasant Williams Kittrell - grandfather, Norman Goree Kittrell, Jr. - grandson. Genealogy.com, 2004.
KITTRELL, PLEASANT WILLIAMS (1805-1867). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Judge Norman Goree Kittrell, pp. 401-402. Relatives: Pleasant Williams Kittrell - father; Norman Goree Kittrell, Sr. - son. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.

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7th R.S. - 1857 Claims and Accounts Education (Chair) Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs Penitentiary Physicians, To Enquire Into Expediency of Establishing a Medical Board Public Debt (Chair)
6th R.S. - 1855 Constitutional Amendments, Select Contingent Expenses Education (Chair) Judicial Districts, Select Public Debt Public Printing Rules Surveying Public Lands, Select

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