Flanagan, Webster
farmer, lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 9, 1832, in Cloverport, Ky. In 1851 he was admitted to the bar; and at the beginning of the civil war was commissioned brigadiergeneral of volunteers in the confederate service. service. In 1865 he was appointed judge of the fifth judicial district of Texas. He was elected to the state constitutional convention in 1869; and two years later became lieutenant-governor of the state.
In 1875 he served as a member of the Texas state senate. He has been a delegate to the republican conventions of 1872, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896. In 1890 he was candidate for governor of Texas; and in 1891 was appointed collector of customs for El Paso, which position he resigned in 1893. During 1876-80 he was president of the Henderson and Overton Railroad company.