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Frederick Forney Foscue
Frederick Forney Foscue (September 11, 1819 – March 3, 1906) was an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1859 to 1866 and the Texas Senate from 1866 to 1870. Life Foscue was born on September 11, 1819, to Benjamin Foscue and an unknown mother. He was one of 9 children. Later, he married Mary J. Foscue and had 2 children. He died on March 3, 1906. Politics Foscue was first elected as the representative of the 21st district of the Texas House of Representatives from November 1859 to November 1861. There was more than one representative during the legislature before and after Foscue's term. Foscue was then elected as the representative of the Texas House of Representatives for District 1 from November 1863 to August 1866. His final term was for the 1st district of the Texas Senate The Texas Senate ( es, Senado de Texas) is the upper house of the Texas State Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas's 21st House Of Representatives District
District 21 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Dade Phelan since 2015. Geography The district covers the counties of Jasper, Jefferson, and Orange in East Texas. Members * Thomas Jefferson Johnson (until 1859) * James C. Francis (until 1859) * Frederick Forney Foscue (November 7, 1859 – November 4, 1861) * Alexander H. Abney (after 1861) * William P. Beall (after 1861) * Joe A. Hubenak (until 1979) * Tom DeLay (1979–1983) * Mark Stiles (1983–1999) * Allan Ritter (1999–2015) * Dade Phelan Matthew McDade Phelan (born September 18, 1975) is an American real estate developer and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 21. He has served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives since January 2021. ... (since 2015) References {{Texas state legislative districts 21 Jasper County, Texas Jefferson County, Texas Orange County, Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bradford Pickett
Edward Bradford Pickett was an attorney, a Confederate Soldier, a Texas Senator, and the President of Texas Constitutional Convention. Life Pickett was born in 1823 in Buckingham County, Virginia. He served as a private in the U. S. Army in the War against Mexico, in 1845. "His service in the U.S. Army during the War against Mexico prompted his move to Texas. But before that, he married Virginia Orange Bell. During the 1850s, he served as a lawyer in several southeastern Texas counties. He has a brother named Howell L. Pickett (1847-1914). Politics He was elected as a representative for the 1st district of the Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ... from November 4, 1861 until March 1, 1862. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickett, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Deaths
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1819 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. * January 29 – Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. * February 2 – ''Dartmouth College v. Woodward'': The Supreme Court of the United States under John Marshall rules in favor of Dartmouth College, allowing Dartmouth to keep its charter and remain a private institution. * February 6 – A formal treaty, between Hussein Shah of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles, establishes a trading settlement in Singapore. * February 15 – The United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment, barring slaves from the new state of Missouri (the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the Missouri Compromise). * February 19 – Captain William Smith of British merchant brig ''Williams'' sights Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas House Of Representatives, District 1
District 1 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849-1851). The district has been represented by Republican Gary VanDeaver since January 13, 2015, upon his initial election to the Texas House. As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Bowie, Cass, Lamar, Morris, and Red River Counties. Major cities in the district include Atlanta, Douglasville, Linden, New Boston, Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ..., and Texarkana, Texas, Texarkana. Elections 2022 VanDeaver was unopposed in the 2022 General Election. 2020 2018 As no candidate filed to run against VanDeaver, no primary election was held for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas House Of Representatives, District 21
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most populous in the state and seventh-largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are, respectively, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
