Elisha M. Pease
Elisha M. Pease | |
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Brazoria district | |
In office February 16, 1846 – November 5, 1849 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Republican | January 3, 1812
Profession | Politician |
Elisha Marshall Pease (January 3, 1812 – August 26, 1883) was a Texas politician. He served as the
Texas Republic
A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835. He soon became active in the Texas independence movement and after the Texas Revolution began, Pease became the secretary of the provisional government. He served as the assistant secretary at the Convention of 1836 but was not an elected delegate to the Convention. After independence had been won, Pease was named the comptroller of public accounts in the government of the new but temporary Republic of Texas.
Texas State
Following the annexation of Texas to the United States, Pease was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1845 and reelected in 1847. In 1849, he ran for the Texas Senate from District 11 (Brazoria and Galveston counties) but lost to John B. Jones who was sworn in on November 5, 1849. Pease contested the election, was declared the winner, and was sworn in four days later on November 9, 1849.
Pease first ran for governor in 1851 but withdrew from the race two weeks before the
In 1856, surveyor Jacob de Córdova of the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad Company named a newly discovered river in West Texas the "Pease River" after the governor.[1]
Civil War and aftermath
During the
Elisha and his wife donated land to the City of Austin that would eventually become Pease Park.
Pease died of
Notes
- ^ Pease River from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved October 30, 2006.
- ^ "Enslaved People Lived and Labored on this Land — Pease Park Conservancy". Pease Park Conservancy. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
References
- Elisha Marshall Pease from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Griffin, Roger, "He was made of turkey." (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1973).
External links
- Entry for Elisha M. Pease from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas published 1880, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- "Elisha M. Pease". Find a Grave. Retrieved April 11, 2009.