Frederick Forney Foscue
Full Name: Frederick Forney FoscueDate of birth: September 11, 1819
Date of death: March 3, 1906
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 1 | Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) (3) | Liberty / Liberty | Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty | ||
| H | 1 | Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 | 10th | Grand Cane / Liberty | Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange | ||
| H | 21 | Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 | 8th | Larissa / Cherokee | Cherokee |
(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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Senate District 1
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) (3) Home City/County: Liberty / Liberty Counties in district: Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty |
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House District 1
Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 Legislatures: 10th Home City/County: Grand Cane / Liberty Counties in district: Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange |
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House District 21
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 Legislatures: 8th Home City/County: Larissa / Cherokee Counties in district: Cherokee |
(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Biographical Information top
Selected newspaper articlesResolutions and Journal entries
- Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: F.F. Foscue, Liberty, Liberty County, nativity Alabama, farmer, age 40 in 1866 (born circa 1826). Senate Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- FOSCUE, FREDERICK FORNEY (1819-1906). Death date 3/9/1906. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
- Biographical sketch, p. 63, also served in Alabama Legislature; Chairman, Senate Committee on Education and education bills introduced, pp. 75-76. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
- Biographical sketch, history of Pantego, Texas. Town of Pantego, TX.
Other Resources
- Colonel Frederick Forney Foscue, born 9/11/1819, death date 3/3/1906, burial in Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
Photographs
- Photograph. F.F. Foscue, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
- Photograph. F.F. Foscue, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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