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The judicial system of Texas has a reputation as one of the most complex in the United States, [10] with many layers and many overlapping jurisdictions. [11] Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan ...
Expelled following Texas's secession from the U.S. 1862 Nathan G. Shelley (D) American Civil War: American Civil War/no delegations seated: 1863 Pendleton Murrah (D) [d] Fletcher Stockdale (D) Stephen Crosby (D) 1864 Benjamin E. Tarver (D) no electors counted: 1865 Fletcher Stockdale (D) [b] vacant: William Alexander (U) Willis L. Robards (D ...
Stanley K. Young, Texas Legislative Handbook (1973). Univ. of Tex., The Legislative Branch in Texas Politics, (last accessed Oct. 8, 2006) (stating that "The Texas Legislature is the most powerful of the three main branches of government[,]" primarily because it is "less weak than the other branches"). See also: Texas Government Newsletter
He became influential in Galveston and Texas politics, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential black leaders in the South during the 19th century. From 1902 through 1965, Texas had virtually disenfranchised most Black, many Latino, and poor White people through the imposition of the poll tax and white primaries. Across the South ...
9th Texas Legislature: 1861 10th Texas Legislature: 1863 Texas Constitution of 1866: 11th Texas Legislature: 1866 Texas Constitution of 1869: 12th Texas Legislature: 1870 13th Texas Legislature: 1873 14th Texas Legislature: 1874 Texas Constitution of 1876 [citation needed] 15th Texas Legislature: 1876 16th Texas Legislature: 1879 17th Texas ...
Before 2000, the Texas congressional delegation was mostly Democratic, and local Democrats still dominated most Texas counties, even as their residents increasingly voted for Republicans for ...
Two Texas billionaires are looming large in North Texas elections, even if you aren’t seeing them. West Texas oilmen Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, both major Republican donors, have waded into a ...
Some Texas election officials are running out of time before the March 5 primary to find sufficient polling locations, equipment, and election workers mandated by a new Republican-backed election ...