| LC control no. | nr 99037961 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Flanagan, James Winright, 1805-1887 |
| Variant(s) | Flanaghan, James Winright, 1805-1887 Flanigan, J. W. (James Winright), 1805-1887 |
| Birth date | 1805-09-05 |
| Death date | 1887-09-29 |
| Place of birth | Gordonsville (Va.) |
| Place of death | Longview (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives Texas. Legislature. Senate Texas. Office of the Lieutenant Governor United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lieutenant governors Lawyers Justices of the peace |
| Found in | His Texas: Texas has always been a Democratic state, 1869: p. 2 (J.W. Flanigan, of Texas) Biog. dir. U.S. Cong., 1989 (Flanagan, James Winright, Texas senator, lawyer, merchant; in Ky. 12 yrs.; settled Henderson, Tx., 1844; in state House of Reps. 1851-2; state Senate 1855-6; lt. gov. Tx. 1869; U.S. Cong. 1870-75; b. Gordonsville, Va., September 5, 1805; d. September 28, 1887) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Flanagan, James Winright, 1805-1887; variant: Flanaghan, James Winright) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, viewed October 28, 2014 (Flanagan, James Winright, a Senator from Texas; born in Gordonsville, Orange County, Va., September 5, 1805; attended the common schools and received private instruction; moved to Cloverport, Ky., in 1816, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; justice of the peace 1823-1833; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1825 and practiced in the Breckenridge County circuit 1833-1843; moved to Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., in 1843 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; member, State house of representatives 1851-1852; member, State senate 1855-1856; member of the State constitutional conventions in 1866 and 1868; elected lieutenant governor of Texas in 1869 and served until his resignation in 1870 to become Senator; upon the readmission of Texas to representation was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 30, 1870, to March 3, 1875; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Forty-third Congress); died in Longview, Gregg County, Tex., September 28, 1887; interment in the family burying ground in East Henderson, Tex.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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