James W. Flanagan

James Winright Flanagan (born September 5, 1805 in Gordonsville , Orange County , Virginia , † September 19, 1887 in Longview , Texas ) was an American politician who represented the state of Texas between 1870 and 1875 in the US Senate .

Life

James Flanagan was less than ten years old when he and his parents moved to Kentucky , where the family settled in Boonesborough . As a young man, he began a successful commercial career in Cloverport on the Ohio River . He also studied law and was inducted into the bar in 1825. The following year he married Polly Moorman. With her he moved to Henderson , Texas in 1844 .

Flanagan opened a shop there. He also bought a farm, engaged in property speculative deals, and practiced as a lawyer.

politics

Flanagan originally belonged to the Whigs and was a supporter of Sam Houston . He later joined the Republicans , to whose moderate wing he always belonged. From 1851 to 1852 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Texas , from 1855 to 1858 State Senator .

During the civil war , Flanagan, who was loyal to the Union, withdrew from politics and only worked as a farmer. During the time of the Reconstruction he then took over public offices again. He took part in both of the constitutional conventions of Texas after the war ended, with the first resulting constitution from 1866 being rejected by the majority of radical Republicans in Congress . Only the second draft was ratified in 1869.

After the new constitution went into effect, Flanagan was elected lieutenant governor of Texas. He held this office until 1870; when Texas became a full member of the Union again, Parliament named him one of the two representatives of the state in the US Senate. The second mandate fell to Morgan C. Hamilton . Flanagan remained in the Senate until March 3, 1875, where he supported the policies of President Ulysses S. Grant ; with Samuel B. Maxey a Democrat succeeded him.

James Flanagan then retired on his farm in Longview. He was a widower of two and remarried in his later years. He was the father of eleven children in total; one of his sons, David Webster Flanagan , also served as lieutenant governor of Texas in 1871.

Web links

James W. Flanagan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Flanagan, James W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Flanagan, James Winright (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 5, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Gordonsville , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	September 19, 1887
Place of death	Longview , Texas