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The Delegates to the Convention of 1875
County and J. W. Robinson of Fayette County; two were editors,
lawyers and farmers, W. D. S. Cook of Gonzales County and
Charles DeMorse of Red River County; one was a lawyer-editor,
J. W. Ferris of Ellis County; one was a lawyer-merchant, J. R.
Fleming of Comanche County; one was an editor, physician,
lawyer, and ranger, J. S. Ford of Cameron County; one was a
lawyer-wool grower, F. J. Lynch of DeWitt County; and one was a
physician-farmer, W. W. Whitehead of Tyler County."
By comparing the list of delegates of 1875 with those of previous
Texas conventions, it is evident that eleven of the delegates of
1875 had been members of previous Texas conventions, N. H.
Darnell (1845), J. H. Brown of Dallas County (1861), George
Flournoy of Galveston County (1861), E. S. C. Robertson of Bell
County (1861), F. S. Stockdale of Calhoun County (1861), J. R.
Henry of Limestone County (1861), J. S. Ford of Cameron
County (1861), J. F. Johnson of Franklin County (i861), J. H.
Reagan of Anderson County (1861), J. W. Whitfield of Lavaca
County (1866), and Webster Flanagan of Rusk County (1868-
1869) ." A William H. Stewart represented Gonzales County in
the Convention of 1861, but it cannot be determined that this is
the same William H. Stewart that represented Galveston County
in 1875.
At least thirty members of the Convention had served one or
more terms in the Texas Legislature.'" J. S. Mills of Grimes
County, Jonathan Russell of Wood County, A. O. Cooley of Gil-
lespie County, E. B. Pickett of Liberty County, and Webster Flan-
agan of Rusk County had served in both the House and Senate.
E. L. Dohoney of Lamar County, J. S. Ford of Cameron County,
J. L. Henry of Smith County, H. C. King of Kendall County,
F. S. Stockdale of Calhoun County, and F. M. Martin of Navarro
County had served one or more terms in the Senate. The follow-
ing men had served one or more terms in the House of Repre-
"See J. E. Ericson, An Inquiry into the Sources of the Texas Constitution (Ph.D.
dissertation, Texas Technological College, 1957), 135-141.
"The Dallas Herald of August 21, 1875, led McKay to conclude that only ten
had served previously. Seven Decades, 75-76.
"Again the Dallas Herald of August 21, 1875, led McKay into an inaccurate
conclusion. He declares that only nineteen had experience in the Texas Legisla-
ture. Seven Decades, 75-76.
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