J. W. Flanagan

J. W. Flanagan
United States Senator
from Texas
In office
March 30, 1870 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byLouis Wigfall
Succeeded bySamuel B. Maxey
Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Acting
January 8, 1870 – February 24, 1870
GovernorEdmund J. Davis
Preceded byGeorge W. Jones
Succeeded byDonald Campbell (Ex officio)
Richard B. Hubbard
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 9th district
In office
November 5, 1855 – November 2, 1857
Preceded byDavid Gage
Succeeded byMalcolm D. Graham
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 10th district
In office
November 3, 1851 – November 7, 1853
Preceded byM. D. K. Taylor
Succeeded byAndrew G. Melton
Personal details
Born
James Winright Flanagan

(1805-09-05)September 5, 1805
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 28, 1887(1887-09-28) (aged 82)
Longview, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ChildrenWebster 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.