Lemuel D. Evans

Lemuel D. Evans
Undated portrait reproduced in 1899's A Complete History of Texas for Schools, Colleges and General Use.
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
In office July 1870 – August 1873
Preceded by	Amos Morrill
Succeeded by	Wesley Ogden
Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
In office July 5, 1870 – January 29, 1874
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 1st district
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Preceded by	George W. Smyth
Succeeded by	John Henninger Reagan
Personal details
Born	(1810-01-08)January 8, 1810 Tennessee, U.S.
Died	July 1, 1877(1877-07-01) (aged 67) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Congressional Cemetery
Political party	Know Nothing

Lemuel Dale Evans (January 8, 1810 – July 1, 1877) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born in Tennessee, Evans studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Marshall, Texas, in 1843 and engaged in the practice of law. He served as member of the State convention that annexed the State of Texas to the Union in 1845.

Evans was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress. When the Civil War began, he was a Unionist in East Texas and shared Sam Houston's Unionist views. In 1860, he was one of the four Texas delegates to the Constitutional Union convention. He served as collector of internal revenue in 1867. He served as member of the Reconstruction Convention in 1868 and as Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 1870 and 1871. He served as associate justice and presiding judge from 1872 to 1873, when he resigned. In 1875, he was the United States marshal for the eastern judicial district of Texas. He died in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 1877. He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Lemuel D. Evans (id: E000251)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.