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sentatives: David Abner (Negro) of Harrison County, T. G.
Allison of Panola County, Bennett Blake of Nacogdoches Coun-
ty, J. H. Brown of Dallas County, H. G. Bruce of Johnson
County, Louis Cardis of El Paso County, Edward Chambers of
Collin County, N. H. Darnell of Tarrant County, J. W. Ferris of
Ellis County, J. L. German of Fannin County, J. F. Johnson of
Franklin County, Robert Lacy of Leon County, F. J. Lynch of
DeWitt County, W. P. McLean of Titus County, John Mitchell
(Negro) of Burleson County, J. H. Reagan of Anderson County,
P. R. Scott of Cass County, Jacob Waelder of Bexar County, and
C. S. West of Travis County."
N. H. Darnell had served in the Tennessee and F. J. Lynch
in the Mississippi legislature before coming to Texas.'" W. P.
McLean and J. H. Reagan had represented Texas in the Con-
gress of the United States, while J. W. Whitfield had been a del-
egate to Congress representing the Territory of Kansas. Two of
them had represented Texas in the Congress of the Confederate
States of America, J. H. Reagan and W. B. Wright. Some thirty-
two of the delegates thus had legislative experience, many of them
having extensive periods of service as lawmakers.
A minimum of eight of the delegates had some judicial ev-
perience. Five of them had been county or district judges in
Texas, G. B. Cooke of San Saba County, J. H. Reagan of Ander-
son County, E. S. C. Robertson of Bell County, W. T. G. Weaver
of Cooke County, and Bennett Blake of Nacogdoches County.
E. L. Dohoney, J. R. Henry, and J. W. Stayton had been district
attorneys in Texas, while W. P. Ballinger had been a United
States District Attorney.
Another four members of the Convention had executive and
administrative experience. J. H. Reagan had been Postmaster
General and Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederacy, George
Flournoy had been Attorney General of Texas, C. S. West had
"This list was prepared by comparing the list of delegates to the 1875 conven-
tion with T. Yett (comp.), Members of the Legislature of the State of Texas from
846 to 1939 (Austin, 1939).
"The Dallas Herald, August 21, 1875, reported that Edward Chambers and
John Johnson had also served in other state legislatures, but this report cannot be
substantiated. McKay, Seven Decades, 76.
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