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Overview
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents of the Records
Arrangement of the Records
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Records,
1873-1877,
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Texas Governor Richard Coke:
An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives,
1873-1877
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Creator: |
Texas. Governor (1874-1876 :
Coke) |
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Records |
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Dates: |
1873-1877 |
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Abstract: |
Types of records are
correspondence, proclamations, messages to the Texas Legislature, printed
material, letterpress books, petitions, and reports, dating from 1873 to 1877.
Records are from Richard Coke's tenure as governor of Texas from 1874 to
1876. |
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Quantity: |
2.35 cubic
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Language |
English. |
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Repository: |
Texas State Archives |
Richard Coke, governor of Texas, held office from January 15, 1874 to
December 1, 1876. Coke was born March 13, 1829 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He
graduated from the College of William and Mary and began practicing law before
moving to Waco, Texas in 1850. In 1859 he was a member of a commission which
removed the Brazos Reservation Indians to the Indian Territory. After serving
in the Secession Convention of 1861, Coke rose in the ranks of the Confederate
Army from private to captain. In 1865 he was appointed district judge, and in
1866 was elected Supreme Court justice, but was removed by General Philip
Sheridan in 1867 as an "impediment to
reconstruction."
In 1873, Coke won the governor's chair over E.J. Davis. Several tense
days in January 1874 saw the state capitol turned into an armed camp, with two
rival legislatures, as Davis refused to surrender his office. When President
U.S. Grant would not support Davis' request for troops, Davis conceded and Coke
was inaugurated. During Coke's term in office, he faced a state government
which was in debt and without funds, an unprotected frontier, and problems with
Indians and Mexican bandits. Coke reduced expenditures and made a new beginning
of the public school system. He was re-elected in 1876 after the Constitution
of 1876 had returned the governor's term of office to two years. Later the same
year, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, and so resigned the governorship on
December 1, 1876. Coke served three terms in the Senate (1877-1895) and died in
Waco on May 14, 1897.
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Types of records are correspondence, proclamations, messages to the
Texas Legislature, printed material, letterpress books, petitions, and reports,
dating from 1873 to 1877. Records are from Richard Coke's tenure as governor of
Texas from 1874 to 1876. Letters include requests and recommendations for
appointment to office and for pardon of convicts; reports on Mexican border
problems, such as gangs of thieves freely crossing the Rio Grande; and
discussions regarding school lands, railroads, violence, and the creation of
ranger companies. Correspondence is with state and local officials, citizens of
various counties, and newspaper editors.
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Arrangement of the Records |
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Arrangement is generally by type of material, then chronological. |
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Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Technical Requirements
None.
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The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records. |
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Personal Names: |
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Coke, Richard,
1829-1897. |
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Corporate Names: |
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Texas. Office of
the Governor. |
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Texas Rangers. |
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Texas.
Constitutional Convention (1875) |
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Subjects: |
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Governors--Texas. |
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Texas--Politics and
government--1865-1950. |
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Texas--Officials and
employees--Selection and appointment. |
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Texas--Frontier
troubles. |
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Document Types: |
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Correspondence--Texas--Governors --1873-1877. |
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Proclamations--Texas--Governors--1873-1877. |
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Petitions--Texas--Governors--1873-1877. |
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Reports--Texas--Governors--1873-1877. |
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Letterpress
copybooks--Texas--Governors--1873-1877. |
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The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive. |
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Texas State Archives |
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Texas Secretary of State, Executive record books,
1835-1917, 14 reels of microfilm. |
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Governor Richard Coke resignation, 1876 Dec.
1, 1 item [negative photostat] [Manuscripts Collection] |
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Texas
Secretary of State, Governor's clemency proclamations, 1870, 1874-2002, 14.71
cubic ft. (originals), 165 reels of microfilm |
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(Identify the item), Records, Texas Governor Richard Coke. Archives
and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission.
No accession information for these records was located.
June 1984
Tonia J. Wood, December 1995
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Records,
1873-1877,
2.35 cubic ft. |
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Folder |
| 301-93 |
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Correspondence, February 1873 |
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Correspondence, October 1873 |
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Correspondence, November 1873 |
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Correspondence, December 1873 |
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Correspondence, January 1874 |
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Correspondence, February 1874 |
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Correspondence, March 1874 |
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Correspondence, April 1874 |
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Correspondence, May 1874 |
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Correspondence, June 1874 |
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Correspondence, July 1874 |
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Correspondence, August 1874 |
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Correspondence, September 1874 |
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Correspondence, October 1874 |
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| 301-94 |
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Correspondence, November 1874 |
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Correspondence, December 1874 |
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Proclamations, February 1874 |
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Proclamations, April 1874 |
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Proclamations, May 1874 |
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Proclamations, June 1874 |
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Miscellaneous, undated |
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Correspondence, January 1875 |
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Correspondence, February 1875 |
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Correspondence, March 1875 |
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Correspondence, April 1875 |
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Correspondence, May 1875 |
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Correspondence, June 1875 |
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Correspondence, August 1875 |
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Folder |
| 301-95 |
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Correspondence, September 1875 |
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Correspondence, October 1875 |
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Correspondence, November 1875 |
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Correspondence, December 1875 |
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Correspondence, undated |
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Correspondence, January 1876 |
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Correspondence, February 1876 |
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Correspondence, March 1876 |
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Correspondence, April 1876 |
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Correspondence, May 1876 |
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Correspondence, June 1876 |
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Correspondence, July 1876 |
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Correspondence, August 1876 |
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Correspondence, September 1876 |
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Correspondence, October 1876 |
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Correspondence, November 1876 |
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Correspondence, December 1876,
October-December 1877 |
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Correspondence, 1876 |
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Messages & proclamations, December 1876 |
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Messages & proclamations, undated |
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Messages, January 1874 |
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Messages, March 1874 |
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Messages, undated |
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Messages, 1875 |
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Printed messages, 1875 |
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Printed messages, 1874-1876 |
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Letterpress, September 18, 1875-June 6,
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Telegrams, Davis-Coke,
January 1874-April
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[filed with Governor Edmund J. Davis' records] |
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Letterpress, Davis-Coke,
January-August 1874
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[filed with Governor Edmund J. Davis' records] |
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Letterpress, August 20, 1874-April 5,
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Letterpress, April 2, 1875-September 16,
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