John McLanahan Lewis
Full Name: John McLanahan Lewis, Sr.Date of birth: 1802
Date of death: March 8, 1862
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 37 | Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 | 8th | Danville / Montgomery | Montgomery |
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House District 37
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 Legislatures: 8th Home City/County: Danville / Montgomery Counties in district: Montgomery |
Biographical Information top
Other Resources
- Census of 1850 - John M. Lewis, Montgomery, Montgomery County, age 48, born circa 1802 in Virginia, planter.
Census of 1860 - John Lewis, Montgomery County, age 51, born circa 1809 in Alabama, farmer. FamilySearch. 1850 1860 - Gen. John McClanahan Lewis Sr., birth date 1802, death date 1862 in Montgomery County. Includes portraits, report from Texas State Gazette 9/10/1853, p. 26. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.
- Possibly LEWIS, JOHN M. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Mentioned in "Civil War Vet Returns to Willis, Becomes Active in Politics," 3/15/2017. "John Lewis Sr. died March 8, 1862 and was buried near the Elmwood home." Montgomery County Courier.
- Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. John Lewis, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Committee Information top
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8th R.S. - 1859
Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Education Internal Improvement Penitentiary Private Land Claims |
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