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David Catchings Dickson
David Catchings Dickson (February 25, 1818 – June 5, 1880) was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as the ninth Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was also a State Senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Texas. Dickson was born in Pike County, Mississippi. In 1830, Dickson’s family moved to Georgetown, Copiah County, Mississippi, where he married Sophronia L. Magee. Dickson attended medical school in Lexington, Kentucky, and after graduating in 1841, moved, as part of a large group, to the Montgomery County, Texas, community of Anderson (present-day Grimes County). Dickson served as a surgeon for the Army of the Republic of Texas. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County beginning in 1845. Sometime before 1850, Dickson had remarried, to the former Nancy Ann E. Magee. Dickson served in the House of Representatives in the First, Third, and Fourth Texas Legislatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Governor Of Texas
The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board. Under the provisions of the Texas Constitution, the lieutenant governor is president of the Texas Senate. Unlike with most other states' senates and the U.S. Senate, the lieutenant governor regularly exercises this function rather than delegating it to the president pro tempore or a majority leader. By the rules of the Senate, the lieutenant governor establishes all special and standing committees, appoints all chairpersons and members, and assigns all Senate legislation to the committee of his choice. The lieutenant governor decides all questions of parliamentary procedure in the Senate. The lieutenant governor also has broad discretion in following Senate procedural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery County, Texas
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 620,443. The county seat is Conroe. The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1837, and is named for the town of Montgomery.Searle, Kameron KThe Early History of Montgomery, Texas.City of Montgomery, Texas: July 7, 2012. Accessed on June 5, 2021. Between 2000 and 2010, its population grew by 55%, the 24th-fastest rate of growth of any county in the United States. Between 2010 and 2020, its population grew by 36%. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the July 1, 2021, estimated population is 648,886. Montgomery County is part of the Houston- The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (3.3%) are covered by water. Adjacent counties * Walker County (north) * San Jacinto County (northeast) * Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Martin Branch
Anthony Martin Branch (July 16, 1823 – October 3, 1867) was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Hampden–Sydney College in 1842, and moved to Huntsville, Texas in 1847. He married Amanda Smith in 1849. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1859 and the Texas Senate in 1861. During much of the Civil War, Branch served in the Confederate States Army as a captain in Company A, the 21st Texas Cavalry (also known as the 1st Texas Lancers). He later represented Texas in the Second Confederate Congress The 2nd Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from May 2, 1864, to March 18, 1865, during the last year of Jefferson Davis's presidency, at the Virginia ... in 1864 and 1865 until the end of the war. Anthony Martin Branch died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Times Herald
The ''Dallas Times Herald'', founded in 1888 by a merger of the ''Dallas Times'' and the '' Dallas Herald'', was once one of two major daily newspapers serving the Dallas, Texas ( USA) area. It won three Pulitzer Prizes, all for photography, and two George Polk Awards, for local and regional reporting. As an afternoon publication for most of its 102 years,Handbook of Texas Online"Dallas ''Times Herald''," Retrieved January 7, 2009. its demise was hastened by the shift of newspaper reading habits to morning papers, the reliance on television for late-breaking news, as well as the loss of an antitrust lawsuit against crosstown rival ''The Dallas Morning News'' after the latter's parent company bought the rights to 26 United Press Syndicate features that previously had been running in the ''Times Herald''. MediaNews Group bought the ''Times Herald'' from the Times Mirror Company in 1986; Times Mirror had owned the paper since 1969. MediaNews sold the paper in 1988 to a company f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webb County, Texas
Webb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 267,114. Its county seat is Laredo. The county was named after James Webb (1792–1856), who served as secretary of the treasury, secretary of state, and attorney general of the Republic of Texas, and later judge of the United States District Court following the admission of Texas to statehood. By area, Webb County is the largest county in South Texas and the sixth-largest in the state. Webb County comprises the Laredo metropolitan area. Webb County is the only county in the United States to border three foreign states or provinces, sharing borders with Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. Webb County has a minority majority, with 95.2% of the population of the county identifying as Hispanic. This makes Webb the county with the second-highest proportion of Hispanic people in the continental United States after Starr County, and it has the highest proportion of Hispanic peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighth Texas Legislature
The Eighth Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1859 to April 9, 1861 in its regular session, a first called session, and an adjourned session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1859. Sessions * 8th Regular session: November 7, 1859 – February 13, 1860 * 8th First called session: January 21–February 9, 1861 * 8th Adjourned session: March 18–April 9, 1861 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: Edward Clark, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': Jesse Grimes, Democrat, Regular session House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat Members Members of the Eighth Texas Legislature at the beginning of the regular session, November 7, 1859: Senate House of Representatives * Basilio Benavides * Anthony Martin Branch * Kindallis Bryan * Constantine W. Buckley * William Clark * David B. Culberson * Nicholas Henry Darnell * John Wilson Davis, Jr. * Isaac N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1855 Texas Gubernatorial Election
The 1855 Texas gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1855 to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Elisha M. Pease was reelected to a second term, winning 57% of the vote. Results Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Texas Gubernatorial Election, 1855 1855 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial 1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city. * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ... August 1855 events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1853 Texas Gubernatorial Election
The 1853 Texas gubernatorial election was held on August 1, 1853 to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Peter Hansborough Bell did not run for a third term. The election was won by Elisha M. Pease, who received 37% of the vote. Results References 1853 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial 1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Reb ... August 1853 events {{Texas-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Texas Legislature
The Fourth Texas Legislature met from November 3, 1851 to February 7, 1853 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1850. Sessions * 4th Regular session: November 3, 1851 – February 16, 1852 * 4th First called session: January 10–February 7, 1853 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: James Wilson Henderson, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': Edward Burleson, Democrat, Regular session : Jesse Grimes, Democrat, Regular session, First called session * Senator Burleson died during the regular session on December 26, 1851. House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : David Catchings Dickson, Democrat Add to Representatives: Issac B. McFarland, Democrat, elected in 1851 from La Grange, Fayette County Sources: several obituaries, family history, list of One Hundredth Anniversary of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas Members Senate Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Texas Legislature
The Third Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1849 to December 3, 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849. Sessions * 3rd Regular session: November 5, 1849 – February 11, 1850 * 3rd First called session: August 12, 1850 – September 6, 1850 * 3rd Second called session: November 18, 1850 – December 3, 1850 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: John Alexander Greer, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': Edward Burleson Edward Burleson (December 15, 1798 – December 26, 1851) was the third Vice-President of the Republic of Texas, vice president of the Republic of Texas. After Texas was annexed to the United States, he served in the Texas State Senate, State Se ..., Democrat House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : Charles G. Keenan, Democrat Members Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature: Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Texas Legislature
The First Texas Legislature convened from February 16 to May 13, 1846 in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on October 13, 1845 that ratified the proposed state constitution. Sessions * 1st Regular session: February 16–May 13, 1846 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': Edward Burleson, Democrat House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : William Crump, Democrat, February 16 – May 1, 1846 : William H. Bourland, Democrat, May 1–11, 1846 : Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat, May 11–13, 1846 ; Speaker of the House ''pro tempore'' :John Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846 :Edward Thomas Branch Edward Thomas Branch (December 6, 1811 – September 24, 1861) was a Republic of Texas legislator and Judge, and after the annexation of Texas to the United States, served briefly as Speaker of the Texas House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
