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Hardin Hart Full Name: Hardin Hart Date of birth: August 23, 1814 Date of death: October 5, 1883 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 3 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)     Greenville / Hunt   Fannin, Hunt S 4 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th (6) (7) (8)     Greenville / Hunt   Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt S 3 Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 3rd (9) (10) (11) (12)     Greenville / Hunt   Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt (1) Greenville, Hunt County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (3) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal. (4) 5th Legislature - Senate District No. 3. Senate Journal. (5) 5th Legislature - "In part due to the redistricting and the increase in the number of members, the returning senators found themselves a minority of six: James H. Armstrong, Joseph H. Burks, Rufus Doane, Hardin Hart, William T. Scott, and M.D.K. Taylor," pp. 241, 243. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. (6) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (7) 4th Legislature - Senate District No. 4. Senate Journal. (8) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal. (9) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (10) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (11) 3rd Legislature - Senate District No. 3. Senate Journal. (12) 3rd Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office, 11/5/1849, p. 3. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, age 38 in 1853, native state Virginia, farmer, postoffice Greenville, Hunt County, p. 457. House Journal. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch and controversial tenure as Dallas district judge, pp. 89-90, resignation from bench on 2/18/1874, "his sixtieth birthday," p. 93. Born 1814 in Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and moved to Texas in 1830s. Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997. Other Resources Martin D. and Hardin Hart mentioned in "Hangings in Hunt and Hopkins Countries, 1863," pp. 68-80. Includes portrait and account of the hanging of Martin Hart. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000. Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000. Hardin Hart, birth date 8/23/1814, in Hardy County, West Virginia; death date 10/5/1883 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas; burial in East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County. Find a Grave. Mentioned in biography of brother, HART, MARTIN D. (1821?-1863). Handbook of Texas Online. Relatives: Martin D. Hart and Hardin Hart - brothers, p. 59. Murder and Mayhem: the War of Reconstruction in Texas, 2003. Hart served as subassistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867, p. 194. Overreached on All Sides: the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas Administrators, 1865-1868, 1991. Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," October 1965, pp. 163-173. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Mentioned in 3rd Legislature, p. 196. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. Committee Informationtop 5th R.S. - 1853 Education   Internal Improvements   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Public Buildings   Public Debt   Rules (Chair)  4th R.S. - 1851 Counties and County Boundaries   Privileges and Elections   Public Lands   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   3rd R.S. - 1849 Claims and Accounts   County Boundaries   Finance   Governor's Message, Select   Private Land Claims

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