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Darnell died July 16, 1885 in Fort Worth and was buried in the
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raised and led the 18th Texas
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was most likely elected at the beginning of the First Called
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Darnell was born on April 20, 1807, to Nannie
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After serving as Assistant Doorkeeper for the House of Representatives of the
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30:(April 20, 1807 – July 16, 1885) was an American politician in
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Speakers of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives
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Speaker of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives
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Nicholas Henry Darnell during the 15th Texas Legislature
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1860).
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846).
295:"Company I, 18th Texas Cavalry, Darnell's Regiment"
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1154:Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives
723:Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives
122:in 1858, and was elected to the House for the
34:and Texas. He was the only person to serve as
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526:Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
134:, 45 votes to 33. In the Ninth Legislature,
53:prior to his move to Texas, and during the
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76:In San Augustine, Darnell was sent to the
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1164:Members of the Tennessee General Assembly
1179:People from Williamson County, Tennessee
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170:Texas Constitutional Convention of 1876
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268:. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library.
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160:(1876). Darnell represented Tarrant,
156:to be a member of the House for the
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85:Congresses of the Republic of Texas
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1199:19th-century Tennessee politicians
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103:there and held all offices of the
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43:House of Representatives
112:First Texas Legislature
45:and the State of Texas
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530:December 7, 1861–1862
519:Constantine W. Buckley
444:Kenneth Lewis Anderson
378:Nicholas Henry Darnell
136:Constantine W. Buckley
28:Nicholas Henry Darnell
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324:"Nicholas H. Darnell"
180:(1881) Legislatures.
97:Albert Clinton Horton
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567:Notes and references
461:Richardson A. Scurry
351:Kestenbaum, Lawrence
293:Baugh, Judy (1998).
105:Grand Lodge of Texas
71:San Augustine, Texas
36:Speaker of the House
141:After traveling to
93:Lieutenant Governor
16:American politician
143:Richmond, Virginia
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1144:1885 deaths
1139:1807 births
974:Satterwhite
176:(1879) and
95:'s race to
1133:Categories
1074:Daniel Jr.
1034:Senterfitt
554:1876–1879
505:1859–1862
481:1846–1847
455:1841–1842
430:1841–1843
406:1837–1838
372:References
360:2007-01-24
336:2007-01-24
327:(photo of
305:2007-01-24
279:2007-01-24
245:2007-01-24
213:2007-01-24
89:Annexation
994:Stevenson
879:Alexander
874:Pendleton
839:M. Taylor
819:M. Taylor
799:M. Taylor
789:W. Taylor
764:Henderson
380:from the
329:headstone
61:Biography
55:Civil War
32:Tennessee
1094:Craddick
1064:Mutscher
959:Thomason
934:Marshall
904:Sherrill
899:Dashiell
834:Sinclair
754:Bourland
657:Anderson
647:Hansford
274:06776052
1079:Clayton
1054:Tunnell
1039:Lindsey
1029:Manford
1009:Leonard
999:Calvert
979:Bobbitt
969:Seagler
944:Terrell
939:Rayburn
929:Kennedy
919:Seabury
889:Cochran
854:Cochran
824:Burford
814:Buckley
809:Darnell
804:Buckley
779:Runnels
774:Dickson
759:Perkins
662:Darnell
652:Kaufman
559:Unknown
543:Unknown
510:Unknown
494:Unknown
486:Unknown
470:Unknown
435:Unknown
419:Unknown
411:Unknown
395:Unknown
82:Seventh
38:of the
1109:Phelan
1104:Bonnen
1099:Straus
1059:Barnes
1049:Turman
1019:Gilmer
1014:Daniel
984:Barron
964:Thomas
954:Fuller
909:Prince
884:Milner
869:Foster
864:Gibson
859:Reeves
849:Bonner
769:Keenan
744:Branch
667:Scurry
637:Archer
632:Ingram
535:Vacant
385:Online
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166:Dallas
164:, and
124:Eighth
120:Dallas
1089:Laney
1084:Lewis
1069:Price
1004:Morse
989:Minor
949:Woods
894:Smith
844:Bryan
829:Evans
794:Locke
749:Crump
739:Brown
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162:Ellis
128:Ninth
78:Sixth
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1024:Reed
924:Love
914:Neff
642:Rowe
270:OCLC
178:16th
174:15th
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