Joseph Courtenay Ralston

Full Name: Joseph Courtenay Ralston, Sr.
Date of birth: October 29, 1840
Date of death: April 27, 1924

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	25	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Hempstead / Waller		Fort Bend, Waller
H	25	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Waller / Waller		Fort Bend, Waller

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
(2) Hempstead. House Journal.
(3) Hempstead, Waller County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Waller. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, R.S., 2/5/1925, p. 420, Hon. Capt. Joseph Courtenay Ralston, member of 30th and 31st Legislatures from Waller County. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Portraits and biographical sketches, "Our friends in the Legislature," Volume V, No. 1, May 1909, pp. 14-17. " . . . settled in Waller County, near Hempstead . . . " Texas State Journal of Medicine, 1905.

Military Service Notes

Missouri State Guard; Confederate States Army, Captain. "He joined the Missouri State Guards in July, 1861, and served as captain in the Confederate army, on General Walker's staff, participating in a number of battles in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. After the war he came to Texas . . ." Biographical sketch of Capt. Joseph Courtenay Ralston included in article on his son, William Wallace Ralston, Volume V, pp. 112-113. Joseph Courtenay Ralston, born 10/19/1840 in Cole County, Missouri, died 4/27/1927. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

Joseph Courtenay Ralston, birth date 10/29/1840 in Jefferson City, Missouri, death date 4/27/1924 in Houston, Texas, burial in Austin. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Capt. Joseph Courtenay Ralston, Sr., birth date 10/29/1840, death date 4/27/1924, portrait, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin. Find a Grave.
James C. Ralston. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
James C. Ralston. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
"Negro Farmers' Congress and tuberculosis," Volume V, No. 5, September 1909, p. 200. Account from Houston Post of Captain J.C. Ralston's speech, 8/11/1909, at Negro Farmers' Congress meeting in Prairie View. Texas State Journal of Medicine, 1905.

Photographs

Photograph. J.C. Ralston, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.C. Ralston, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Penitentiaries Public Health (Chair) Roads, Bridges and Ferries
31st R.S. - 1909 Penitentiaries Public Health (Chair) Revenue and Taxation Roads, Bridges and Ferries
30th R.S. - 1907 Agriculture Penitentiaries Public Grounds and Buildings Public Health (Chair) Revenue and Taxation Stock and Stock Raising

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