A graduate student in the Department of History at the University of North Texas, W. Daniel Hancock wrote his master’s thesis, entitled The Congressional and Political Career of John Hancock 1865-1885 (1996). Before being elected to the Texas Legislature in 1860, John Hancock (1824-1893) practiced law in Austin, Texas, and served as district judge of the Second Judicial District.
Source:
Hooker, Anne W. Hancock, John. Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed March 30, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fha46 .
From the guide to the Hancock, W. Daniel, Collection 99-069., 1995-1996, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)