Details for Richard Coke
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5081004260
Data
| Marker Number | 4260 |
| Atlas Number | 5081004260 |
| Marker Title | Richard Coke |
| Index Entry | Coke, Richard |
| Address | |
| City | Robert Lee |
| County | Coke |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 359492 |
| UTM Northing | 3529513 |
| Subject Codes | governors; Civil War; national/federal official; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Courthouse square 7th and Austin Avenue |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | (1829-1896) Virginia native. Leader Texas secession movement. Joined army, rose to captain 15th Texas Infantry company serving in Louisiana, Arkansas, chiefly Tennessee campaigns. Elected to state supreme court 1866, removed by Reconstruction military authorities. Defeated Governor E.J. Davis 1873. Bloodless controversy ensued, Davis retired under protest, marking political end Reconstruction in Texas. U.S. Senator 1877-1895. A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy Erected by the State of Texas 1963 |