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| caption = Photo of Flanagan from the Texas State Archives |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|1|9}} |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|5|5|1832|1|9}} |
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| birth_place = [[Cloverport, Kentucky]], U.S. |
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| death_place = [[Henderson, Texas]], U.S. |
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| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Graham|1853|1872|end=died}}<br>{{marriage|Sallie Phillip Ware|1878}} |
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| branch = {{army|CSA}} |
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| allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States}} |
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| parents = [[James W. Flanagan]] |
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| state_senate = Texas |
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| district = [[Texas Senate, District 5|5th]] |
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| termstart = February 10, 1870 |
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| termend = April 18, 1876 |
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| successor = [[Francis M. Henry]] |
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| predecessor = [[John G. Brown]] |
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| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |
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| ⚫ | '''David Webster Flanagan''' (January 9, 1832 – May 5, 1924) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state senator in Texas.<ref name="texas">{{Cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=4355|title=Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Member profile|website=lrl.texas.gov}}</ref> His father, [[James Winright Flanagan]], served as [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas|Lieutenant Governor]] and U.S. Senator from Texas. |
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| ⚫ | He and his father were delegates at the Texas Constitutional Convention held in 1868 and 1869 after which they supported dividing Texas into three states.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UIfOm5_9mQC&pg=PA97|title=The Texas Senate: Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889|first=Patsy McDonald|last=Spaw|date=December 30, 1990|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=9780890968574|via=Google Books}}</ref> Web Flanagan was also a delegate at the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention. After his first wife died he remarried.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/flanagan-david-webster|title=TSHA | Flanagan, David Webster|website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref> |
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He married Elizabeth Graham in 1853.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/15579323|title=Archeological and Historic Resources Surveys of 6,295 Acres in the East Part of the Sabine Mine's South Hallsville No. 1 Mine--Rusk Permit, Panola and Rusk Counties, Texas|first=John|last=Dockall|journal=Reports of Investigations No. 158, Prewitt and Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas|via=www.academia.edu}}</ref> They had six children: Charles C., Emmet C., Marian, Horace B., and Bonnie May. Elizabeth Flanagan died in 1872. In 1878 he married Sallie Phillip Ware and they had several children together. |
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| ⚫ | He and his father were delegates at the Texas Constitutional Convention held in 1868 and 1869 after which they supported dividing Texas into three states.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=9UIfOm5_9mQC |
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He was involved in a legal dispute over land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-kaAAAAYAAJ&q=webster+flanagan+rusk&pg=RA1-PA242|title=Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas|first=Texas Supreme|last=Court|date=December 30, 1878|publisher=Hutchings Print. House|via=Google Books}}</ref> Hill High School was constructed on land that was once part of his estate. |
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He opposed Governor [[Edmund Jackson Davis]]' [[Texas State Police|state police]] initiatives.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQJKDwAAQBAJ&q=webster+flanagan+rusk&pg=PA26|title=Beyond Redemption: Texas Democrats after Reconstruction|first=Patrick G.|last=Williams|date=February 6, 2007|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=9781585445738|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:44, 9 November 2024
Webster Flanagan | |
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.jpg) Photo of Flanagan from the Texas State Archives | |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 5th district | |
| In office February 10, 1870 – April 18, 1876 | |
| Preceded by | John G. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Francis M. Henry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1832 Cloverport, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 1924 (aged 92) Henderson, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth Graham
(m. 1853; died 1872)Sallie Phillip Ware (m. 1878) |
| Parent | James W. Flanagan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States |
| Branch/service |  Confederate States Army |
David Webster Flanagan (January 9, 1832 – May 5, 1924) was a Republican state senator in Texas.[1] His father, James Winright Flanagan, served as Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator from Texas.
A Unionist before the American Civil War, he nevertheless served in the Confederate Army.
He and his father were delegates at the Texas Constitutional Convention held in 1868 and 1869 after which they supported dividing Texas into three states.[2] Web Flanagan was also a delegate at the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention. After his first wife died he remarried.[3]
He married Elizabeth Graham in 1853.[4] They had six children: Charles C., Emmet C., Marian, Horace B., and Bonnie May. Elizabeth Flanagan died in 1872. In 1878 he married Sallie Phillip Ware and they had several children together.
He was involved in a legal dispute over land.[5] Hill High School was constructed on land that was once part of his estate.
He opposed Governor Edmund Jackson Davis' state police initiatives.[6]
Flanagan was buried in the Flanagan Cemetery in Henderson, Texas.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Member profile". lrl.texas.gov.
- ^ Spaw, Patsy McDonald (December 30, 1990). The Texas Senate: Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780890968574 – via Google Books.
- ^ "TSHA | Flanagan, David Webster". www.tshaonline.org.
- ^ Dockall, John. "Archeological and Historic Resources Surveys of 6,295 Acres in the East Part of the Sabine Mine's South Hallsville No. 1 Mine--Rusk Permit, Panola and Rusk Counties, Texas". Reports of Investigations No. 158, Prewitt and Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas – via www.academia.edu.
- ^ Court, Texas Supreme (December 30, 1878). "Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas". Hutchings Print. House – via Google Books.
- ^ Williams, Patrick G. (February 6, 2007). Beyond Redemption: Texas Democrats after Reconstruction. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781585445738 – via Google Books.
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