James W. Flanagan
(September 5, 1805 — September 28, 1887) Flanagan was a businessman, lawyer, judge, and politician. James Winright Flanagan was born in Orange County, Virginia and moved to Texas in 1843. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1825 and practiced in the Breckenridge County circuit until moving to Texas in 1843. In Texas, Flanagan continued to practice law and was also engaged in mercantile and agricultural businesses. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives (1851-1852) and of the State Senate (1855-1856). Additionally, Flanagan was a delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1866 and 1868. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-First, Forty-Second, and Forty-Third Congresses, serving March 30, 1870 to March 3, 1875.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000186]
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Texas Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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