Lemuel D. Evans

Lemuel Dale Evans (born January 8, 1810 in Tennessee , †  July 1, 1877 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After studying law and being admitted to the bar, Lemuel Evans began working in this profession in 1843 in Marshall, Texas, where he had since moved. In his new home he began a political career as a member of the American Party . In 1845 he was a member of the constituent assembly of the future state of Texas. In the congressional elections of 1854 Evans was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Texas, where he succeeded George W. Smyth on March 4, 1855 . Since he was not confirmed in 1856, he could only have one term in Congress until March 3, 1857complete. This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In 1861, during the war, Evans and Anna Carroll traveled to St. Louis as a secret agent for the Northern States to prepare for the Northern States to invade Texas.

In 1867 Evans became the head of the tax office in his home country. A year later he was a member of a congress to reintegrate the state of Texas into the Union. From 1870 to 1873 he served as a judge on the Supreme Court of Texas . He was then US Marshal for the Eastern Judicial District of Texas in 1875 . He died on July 1, 1877 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in the convention cemetery.

Web links

• Lemuel D. Evans in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lemuel D. Evans in the database of Find a Grave (English)