J. W. Flanagan
J. W. Flanagan | |
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United States Senator from Texas | |
In office March 30, 1870 – March 3, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Louis Wigfall |
Succeeded by | Samuel B. Maxey |
Lieutenant Governor of Texas | |
Acting January 8, 1870 – February 24, 1870 | |
Governor | Edmund J. Davis |
Preceded by | George W. Jones |
Succeeded by | Donald Campbell (Ex officio) Richard B. Hubbard |
Member of the Texas Senate from the 9th district | |
In office November 5, 1855 – November 2, 1857 | |
Preceded by | David Gage |
Succeeded by | Malcolm D. Graham |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 10th district | |
In office November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853 | |
Preceded by | M. D. K. Taylor |
Succeeded by | Andrew G. Melton |
Personal details | |
Born | James Winright Flanagan September 5, 1805 Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | September 28, 1887 Longview, Texas, U.S. | (aged 82)
Political party | Republican |
Children | Webster Flanagan |
James Winright Flanagan (September 5, 1805 – September 28, 1887) was an American merchant, lawyer, and farmer from Henderson, Texas. Although never officially inaugurated, he briefly served as the Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1870, before leaving the position to represent Texas in the United States Senate from 1870 to 1875.
Early life
Flanagan was born to Charles and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan in
Career
Flanagan established himself in Henderson by opening a store. He bought a farm, speculated in land, and practiced law. Politically, he was a Whig and an active supporter of Sam Houston. He later became a moderate Republican. Flanagan served in the Texas House of Representatives (1851–1852) and the Texas State Senate (1855–1858).
When the
Under the new Constitution, Flanagan was elected as Lieutenant Governor in 1869. He only held the position for a month, from January to February 1870. When Texas was readmitted to the Union, the legislature named him, along with Morgan Hamilton, to the U.S. Senate. He served one term as a Senator, until 1875 when he was replaced by the Democrat Samuel Maxey. In the Senate he was a supporter of the Grant Administration.
Later life
After his Senate term, Flanagan took up residence on one of his farms near
Flanagan died on his farm in Longview in 1887 and was buried next to his first wife, Polly, in their family graveyard in Henderson, Texas.