Francis Marion Martin

Full Name: Francis Marion Martin
Date of birth: April 1, 1830
Date of death: June 11, 1903

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	14	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 16th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Corsicana / Navarro	Senate President Pro Tempore (17th)	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro
S	22	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾		Corsicana / Navarro		Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro

(1) 17th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/31/1881, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(5) 16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(6) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(7) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(8) Elected to the Senate in 1859 as a supporter of Sam Houston who was elected governor as an Independent. Handbook of Texas Online.
(9) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(10) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

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Senate District 14
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 16th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (17th)
(17th)
(17th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corsicana / Navarro
Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

Senate District 22
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Home City/County: Corsicana / Navarro
Counties in district: Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

MARTIN, FRANCIS MARION (1830-1903). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Marion Martin. Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 797-798, crediting Palestine Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
14th Lieutenant Governor: Frances Marion Martin. Photo and biographical sketch. Born 4/1/1830 in Livingston County, Kentucky; died 6/11/1903 in Corsicana, Texas. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch, Marion Martin, p. 243. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, Marion Martin, pp. 231-232. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 20th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Lt. Governor F. Marion Martin, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County. Find a Grave.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Obituary, "Hon. Marion Martin Dead," 6/14/1903, p. 4. Waco Times-Herald.

Photographs

Photograph. Lt. Governor Marion Martin, 18th Legislature composite photo of the Texas House of Representatives, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lt. Governor Marion Martin, 18th Legislature composite photo of the Texas Senate, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M. Martin, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Francis Marion Martin, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. Francis Marion Martin, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. Marion Martin, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Finance Internal Improvements Public Claims and Accounts Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) State Asylums Stock and Stock Raising
16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Commerce and Manufactures Counties and County Boundaries Educational Affairs Finance Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Land Frauds (Co-Chair) Private Land Claims Public Lands Public Printing Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries Retrenchment and Reform Statistics of Industry, Public Health and History of Texas Stock and Stock Raising
8th R.S. - 1859 Counties and County Boundaries Internal Improvements Land Office Public Lands Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)

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