Charles Harraway Jenkins

Full Name: Charles Harraway Jenkins
Date of birth: May 17, 1852
Date of death: February 23, 1931

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	125	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Brownwood / Brown	Brown, Coleman
H	107	Jan 12, 1909 - Mar 9, 1910	31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Brownwood / Brown	Brown, Coleman
H	107	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Brownwood / Brown	Brown, Coleman

(1) Democrat; Jenkins "resigned to accept appointment February 18, 1910, as Associate Justice of the court of Civil Appeals of the 3rd Supreme Judicial District of Texas. Assumed his duties on the bench in March, 1910." Roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, p. 413. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
(2) E.A. McDaniel, sworn 7/29/1910, succeeded Charles H. Jenkins, resigned 3/9/1910. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, R.S., 2/24/1931, p. 471. Resolutions - Memorial.
42nd Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 59, 2/25/1931, p. 342. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

JENKINS, CHARLES H. (1852-1931). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Charles H. Jenkins, Volume IV, pp. 1870-1871. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/8/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

Charles H. Jenkins (1852-1931), burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County. Includes color portrait, death notice from Blanco County News 2/26/1931. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. C.H. Jenkins, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.H. Jenkens, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.H. Jenkins, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Charles H. Jenkins, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929 Constitutional Amendments Judiciary (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking Common Carriers Counties Criminal Jurisprudence Judiciary Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure (Chair)
31st R.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking Common Carriers Counties Criminal Jurisprudence Judiciary
30th R.S. - 1907 Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence Education Liquor Traffic (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure Senator Bailey, Investigate

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