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Henry Latimer Full Name: Henry Russell Latimer Date of birth: May 3, 1817 Date of death: September 3, 1887 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 9 Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874 13th (1) (2)   12th (3) (4)   Democrat Clarksville / Red River   Red River, Titus (1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. (3) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 6-year term. Senate Journal. (4) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, p. 121. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942. Biographical sketch of the Latimer family, History of Clarksville and Old Red River. HeritageQuest Online. Other Resources LATIMER, ALBERT HAMILTON (1800?-1877). "In 1834 the Latimers moved to a place northeast of the site of present Clarksville, where they and others founded the town of La Grange (later called Madras)." Handbook of Texas Online. LATIMER, HENRY RUSSELL (1817-1887). Relatives: Henry Russell Latimer and Albert Hamilton Latimer - brothers. Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Henry Latimer, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. H.R. Latimer, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Federal Relations   Immigration   Redistricting/Apportionment, Select   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)  12th Adjourned - 1871 Counties and County Boundaries   Federal Relations   Penitentiary   Stock and Stock Raising   12th R.S. - 1871 Counties and County Boundaries   Federal Relations   Penitentiary   Stock and Stock Raising   12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Counties and County Boundaries   Federal Relations   Penitentiary   Stock and Stock Raising

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