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Texas Senate, District 11
District 11 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 11 is Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee L .... Top 5 biggest cities in district District 11 has a population of 791,770 with 582,677 that is at voting age from the 2010 census. District officeholders Election history Election history of District 11 from 1992.Uncontested primary elections are not shown. 2020 2016 2012 2008 2004 2002 1998 1994 1992 Notes References {{TXSenDist 11 Brazoria County, Texas Galveston County, Texas Harris County, Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Taylor (Texas Politician)
Larry Taylor (born June 25, 1960) is a former Republican member of the Texas Senate. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 24 in Galveston County from 2003 to 2012. Early life, education, and career Born and raised in Friendswood and a graduate of Friendswood High School. He then went on an attended to Baylor University, where he received a BBA in Business Administration in 1982. Since then he has helped managed and own his fathers insurance company in Friendswood. In 2011, Taylor caused a controversy when he told the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to be fair to policy holders and not "nitpick or Jew them down". He subsequently apologized for the slur, but was criticized by Democratic state representative A state legislature is a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. Two federations literally use the term "state legislature": * The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Texas Legislature
The Second Texas Legislature met from December 13, 1847 to March 20, 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847. Sessions * 2nd Regular session: December 13, 1847 – March 20, 1848 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: John Alexander Greer, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': Edward Burleson, Democrat House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : James Wilson Henderson, Democrat Members Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Second Texas Legislature: * Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Texas Legislature: * James Armstrong * John D. Anderson * William H. Bourland, Democrat * Jacob De Cordova * Benjamin Holland Epperson * Samuel G. Haynie * James Wilson Henderson, Democrat * Charles G. Keenan, Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Texas Legislature
The 6th Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1855 to September 1, 1856 in its regular session and one adjourned session. All 80 members of the Texas House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Texas Senate were elected in 1855. Sessions * 6th Regular session: November 5, 1855 – February 4, 1856 * 6th Adjourned session: July 7–September 1, 1856 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': Jesse Grimes, Regular session, Adjourned session House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : Hamilton P. Bee Members Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Sixth Texas Legislature: House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Sixth Texas Legislature: * John David German Adrian * Hamilton P. Bee * N. B. Charlton * John Winfield Scott Dancy * Isaac N. Dennis * Julien Sidney Devereux * David Catchings Dickson * Mathew Duncan Ector * James Carlton Francis * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Texas Legislature
The Fifth Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853, to February 13, 1854, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853. Sessions * 5th Regular session: November 7, 1853 – February 13, 1854 Party summary Officers Senate ; Lieutenant Governor: David Catchings Dickson, Democrat ; President ''pro tempore'': M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session : Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat, Regular session House of Representatives ; Speaker of the House : Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat Members Senate Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature: House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature. There are 73 districts at this time, 16 of them just created this session: * John David German Adrian * Hamilton P. Bee * William H. Bourland, Democrat * George E. Burney * Horace Cone * David Catchings Dickson, Democrat * Benjamin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Henry Guinn
Robert Henry Guinn (January 19, 1822 – January 18, 1887) was a Texas politician. Guinn was a Democrat and served District 11, representing Cherokee County, Texas, in the Texas State Senate during the Fifth Texas Legislature, Sixth Texas Legislature, Seventh Texas Legislature, and Eighth Texas Legislature sessions (1853–1861). The Eighth Texas Legislature (1859–61) was called into special session by Governor Sam Houston, and retroactively authorized the Secession Convention, whose ordinance of secession from the United States was approved by the voters on February 23, 186 against the Governor's wishes. In the Ninth Texas Legislature, Tenth Texas Legislature, and Eleventh Texas Legislature sessions, Guinn served as President ''pro tempore'' (1861–1866), following which no legislative sessions were held until 1870. Notable descendants of Robert Henry Guinn include Leland A. Guinn, Architect, of Longview, Texas, whose contributions include portions of the Kilgore College cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steward Alexander Miller
Steward may refer to: Positions or roles * Steward (office), a representative of a monarch * Steward (Methodism), a leader in a congregation and/or district * Steward, a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution * Communion steward, a position in the local church responsible for the distribution of the Eucharistic elements * Horse show steward * Steward, an official in horse, greyhound racing or car racing * Steward, another term for majordomo * Steward, an older term for a flight attendant * A member of the Steward's Department of a ship, responsible for preparation of food or caring for living quarters * Steward, United States Navy rate prior to 1975, now Culinary Specialist (US Navy) * Union steward, a labor union official, also known as a shop steward * Wine steward or sommelier * Steward, a person who assists with crowd control * Steward, a junior officer of a Masonic Lodge People * Steward (surname) * Steward Ceus (born 1987), foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nacogdoches County, Texas
Nacogdoches County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 64,653. Its county seat is Nacogdoches. The Nacogdoches, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Nacogdoches County. Nacogdoches hosts the Blueberry Festival in June. The county is the top blueberry producer in Texas and is headquarters for the Texas Blueberry Marketing Association. It tagged itself as the "Capital of the Texas Forest Country". History The county was created in 1826 as a municipality of Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.5%) is water. Adjacent counties * Rusk County (north) * Shelby County (northeast) * San Augustine County (southeast) * Angelina County (south) * Cherokee County (west) National protected area * Angelina National Forest (part) Demographics ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic catego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston County, Texas
Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a November 2007 special election legalized the sale of alcohol in the county. Houston County was the first new county created under the 9-year Republic of Texas on June 12, 1837. The original boundaries of Houston County also included all of present-day Anderson and Trinity Counties, and portions of present-day Henderson and Polk Counties. The county is named for Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas and Governor of Texas. Other than being named for the same person, Houston County is not related to the City of Houston, which is located about to the south, in Harris County. A county historical museum is located in a former railroad depot, located on First Street in Crockett. History Samuel Cartmill Hiroms (1836–1920) was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina County, Texas
Angelina County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in East Texas and its county seat is Lufkin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,395. The Lufkin, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Angelina County. It was formed in 1846 from Nacogdoches County. It is named for a Hasinai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them. History The county's first Anglo settlers were what John Nova Lomax described as " Scotch-Irish backwoods folk."Lomax, John Nova. "Texas Tweakers." ''Houston Press''. Wednesday November 16, 20113. Retrieved on November 19, 2011. Cotton farmers and slaves did not come to Angelina County because it had poor soil. Lomax added that "Culturally, the county was less moonlight-and-magnolias Dixie than a little pocket of Appalachia, where pioneers, often from similarly hardscrabble areas of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, wanted nothing more than to carve homesteads out of ... [...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 Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphus Sterne
Nicholas Adolphus Sterne (April 5, 1801 – March 27, 1852) served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives and one term in the Texas State Senate. He immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1817, living in Louisiana for ten years. In 1826, he moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, where he operated a mercantile and smuggled weapons for the colonist who wished to rebel against Mexico. His position as a Freemason helped save him from a death sentence, and Sterne went on to finance the two companies of men known as the New Orleans Greys, to assist in fighting in the Texas Revolution. Early years Adolphus Sterne, the eldest son of Emmanuel Sterne and his second wife, Helen, was born on April 5, 1801, in Cologne, although Alsace is also claimed as his birthplace. The elder Sterne was an Orthodox Jew, and Helen Sterne was a Lutheran. Sterne grew up amid turmoil. At sixteen he was working in a passport office when he learned that he was going to be conscripted for military se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisha M
Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic, and Elyasa or Elyesa via Turkish. Also mentioned in the New Testament and the Quran, Elisha is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and writings of the Baháʼí Faith refer to him by name. Before he settled in Samaria, Elisha passed some time on Mount Carmel. He served from 892 until 832 BC as an advisor to the third through the eighth kings of Judah, holding the office of "prophet in Israel". He is called a patriot because of his help to soldiers and kings. In the biblical narrative, he is a disciple and protégé of Elijah, and after Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind, Elisha received a double portion of his power and he was accepted as the leader of the sons of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
