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Alexander Watkins Terrell Full Name: Alexander Watkins Terrell Date of birth: November 23, 1827 Date of death: September 9, 1912 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 61 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Austin / Travis   Travis H 61 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Austin / Travis   Travis H 75 Jan 13, 1891 - Jun 22, 1892 22nd (1)   Democrat Austin / Travis   Travis S 24 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (2) (3)   Democrat Austin / Travis   Burnet, Travis, Williamson S 25 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (4) (5)   16th (6)   Democrat Austin / Travis   Burnet, Lampasas, Travis, Williamson S 25 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (7)   Democrat Austin / Travis   Burnet, Lampasas, Travis, Williamson (1) Terrell resigned 6/22/1892. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) Party affiliation listed as Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (3) 18th Legislature, 1/10/1883, p. 1, All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office; pp. 5-6, Resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes: Drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal. (4) Included on roster of members of the 17th Legislature as a democrat, p. 1, 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News. (5) Included on roster of members of the 17th Legislature as representing district 25, p. 1, 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News. (6) 16th Legislature - 1/14/1879, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected senators, approached the president's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the constitution." Senate Journal. (7) 15th Legislature - 4/18/1876, p. 1. All Senators listed in roll call as "Senators elect [who] answered to their names, presented their credentials, and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution"; in drawing of Senatorial terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 33rd Legislature, R.S., 2/3/1913, p. 369. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, pp. 500-502. Birth date 11/3/1829. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885. Biographical sketch in "State Senators elect: personal sketches completed - seventeen lawyers, seven grangers, two doctors, one editor and four colored politicians - the political structure of the new Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. TERRELL, ALEXANDER WATKINS (1827-1912). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch - 28th Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/29/1903, pp. 219-226. "Presentation and acceptance of the oil portrait of Judge A. W. Terrell . . . presented to the House by Judge Yancey Lewis . . . accepted on the part of the House by Hon. W. D. Williams." House Journal. Portrait and biographical sketch. Birth date 11/3/1827. Lone Star Junction, 1995. Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch, A.W. Terrell, pp. 41-43. Born November 3, 1828. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biographical sketch, Alexander Watkins Terrell, p. 247. Born November 3, 1828. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biographical sketch, pp. 244-245. Born November 3, 1829. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Biographical sketch and overview of the Alexander Watkins Terrell papers at the Texas State Archives, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Military Service Notes Alexander Watkins Terrell. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 16, 30, 33-34, 93-94, Plate No. 31. Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment "was sometimes referred to incorrectly as the 34th Texas Cavalry Regiment." Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965. Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 34th Texas Regiment. Joined Confederate Army as a Major, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1865. Commander of "Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment." Headstone inscription, biographical sketch. Texas State Cemetery. Other Resources Portrait and excerpt. Alexander Watkins Terrell: Civil War Soldier, Texas Lawmaker, American Diplomat, 2004. Mentioned in "Finance laws have long history, questionable effect," 9/26/2004. Austin American Statesman. Photo, "Governor Jim Hogg and the Birth of the Texas Railroad Commission," p. 72. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005. "Terrell, that magical political name on Texas democratic ballots, causes thousands of voters to wonder who started it," 6/28/1934, p. 8. El Paso Herald Post. Mentioned in "Under the Dome at Austin," 4/25/1947. Mexia Daily News. Terrell, Alexander Watkins. Texas State Cemetery. Photographs Photograph. Alexander Terrell, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alexander Terrell, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alexander Terrell, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alexander Terrell, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alexander Terrell, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Alexander Terrell, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 29th R.S. - 1905 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair)  Public Grounds and Buildings   28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair)  Railroad Commission   State Affairs   22nd R.S. - 1891 Article 5, Constitution of the State of Texas   Congress of the Western and Southwestern States and Territories, Attend   Constitutional Amendment to Judiciary Article   Constitutional Amendments   Education   Finance   Judiciary No. 1   Penitentiaries   Privileges and Elections   Public Printing   Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts   18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments   Education   Finance   Governor's Mansion   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1 (Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Debt   Public Health   Public Lands   Public Printing   State Asylums   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Office   17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts   Congressional Districts, Apportionment   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History of Texas   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1 (Chair)  Memorial Resolutions   Places of Business and Suitable Buildings for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Commissioners of Appeals   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Public Debt   Public Lands   Public Printing   State Asylums   16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural Affairs   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Executive Mansion   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 1 (Chair)  New Judiciary Article to the Constitution (Co-Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Public Debt   Public Lands   Revision of Code   State Affairs   State Asylums   15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs (Chair)  Federal Relations   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Claims and Accounts   Retrenchment and Reform   State Asylums

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