Horace Chilton, Texas’ first native-born U.S. senator

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Horace Chilton, in a portrait published in 1899.Walter Neale, Autobiographies and Portraits of the ... Fifty-fifth Congress (1899). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.The original All picture credits

Horace Chilton, a lawyer, was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1891 by Gov. James Hogg and was Texas’ first native-born U.S. senator.

A 2014 marker calls his Tyler house the largest dwelling in the brick streets historic district.

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Texas Historical Commission marker: Chilton-Lipstate-Taylor House (Atlas 5507017993)atlas.thc.texas.govIn 1891, Governor James Hogg appointed him to the U. S. Senate to complete the unexpired term of John H. Reagan.Chilton served a full senate term from 1895-1901 and was Texas' first native-born U. S. Senator.The high style classical revival house is the largest dwelling in the brick streets historic district

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