Oliver Cromwell Hartley was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 lawyer from Galveston

Galveston, Texas

Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. He served as the reporter

Law report

Law reports or reporters are series of books that contain judicial opinions from a selection of case law decided by courts. When a particular judicial opinion is referenced, the law report series in which the opinion is printed will determine the case citation format.The term reporter was...

 for the state’s Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for non-criminal matters in the state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the court of last resort for criminal matters.The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices...

 from 1846 to 1859, and published the first codification of state laws in "A Digest of the Laws of Texas" in 1850.

Hartley also served in the Texas state House of Representatives in 1851 and 1852. He died in Galveston on February 13, 1859.

Hartley County, Texas is named for him and his brother Rufus K. Hartley.

External links

}}