Samuel Bogart | |
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2nd Representative of the Texas House of Representatives, Fannin District | |
In office December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849 | |
Preceded by | Samuel McFarland Hiram W. Ryburn |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
3rd Representative of the Texas House of Representatives, District 6 | |
In office November 5, 1849 – November 3, 1851 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | William N. Hardeman |
4th Representative of the Texas Senate, District 3 | |
In office November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Hardin Hart |
Succeeded by | Hardin Hart |
8th Representative of the Texas House of Representatives, District 6 | |
In office November 7, 1859 – February 9, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Jacob Baccus |
Succeeded by | Franklin F. Roberts |
Samuel Bogart (2 April 1797 – 11 March 1861) was an itinerant Methodist minister and militia captain from Ray County, Missouri who played a prominent role in the 1838 Missouri Mormon War before later moving to Collin County, Texas, where he became a Texas Ranger and a member of the Texas State Legislature. He is best remembered, however, for his role in leading opposition to Mormon settlers in northwestern Missouri, and for the active role he took in operations against them in the fall of 1838. These operations led to the expulsion of nearly all Mormons from the state following the issuance of Governor Lilburn Boggs' infamous Extermination Order in October of that year.