Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
S	3	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Fannin, Lamar
H	6	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Lamar
H	6	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Lamar
H	6	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Lamar
H	6	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Lamar
H	20	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Lamar
H	22	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Fannin, Lamar

(1) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.
(2) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) Paris, Lamar County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Travis [sic]. Texas Legislative Manual.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, T.C. Henderson, p. 31. Born 1837 in Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, p. 254. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Brief biographical sketch, Travis Henderson, pp. 203-204. Born 6/24/1840 in Alabama. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Biographical sketch, p. 170. Born 6/24/1840 in Alabama. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company G, 32nd Texas Cavalry, enlistment and muster date 4/1/1862. Travis Clack Henderson, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Travis Clack (or Clagg) Henderson, Tennessee, U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Captain, 32nd Dismounted Texas Cavalry. Grave marker and historical marker, Travis Clack Henderson, birth date 6/24/1836, death date 9/10/1919, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Married Martha "Mattie" Sue Thomas in 1866 at Lamar County, brief information on legislative service, Volume 2, p. 125. Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1995.
Historical marker text, Travis Clack Henderson - Lamar County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

Photograph. Travis Henderson, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Travis Henderson, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Travis Henderson, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Travis Henderson, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Trav. Henderson, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Trav. Henderson, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufactures Counties and County Boundaries Federal Relations (Chair) Finance Investigate the fairness of the meeting of senators to determine by drawing of lots the lengths of their terms Public Debts, Claims and Accounts Public Health Public Lands and Land Office
27th R.S. - 1901 Agricultural Affairs County Government and County Finances Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Internal Improvements Penitentiaries Public Printing Railroad Commission Roads, Bridges and Ferries Senatorial Districts State Investigating (Chair) Towns and City Corporations (Chair) Walker, Austin Opera House Manager, Investigate
26th R.S. - 1899 Claims and Accounts Finance (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds Revenue and Taxation Rules State Reformatory, Joint Committee on Towns and City Corporations
24th R.S. - 1895 Agricultural Affairs Claims and Accounts (Chair) Finance Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums
23rd R.S. - 1893 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examination of Finance Insurance, Statistics and History Revenue and Taxation State Asylums Town and City Corporations
19th R.S. - 1885 Capitol Contract Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine (Chair) Finance Memorial Resolutions for Hons. J.P. Ayres, J.B. Davis, and George Meriwether, Members of the Eighteenth Legislature Revenue and Taxation State Asylums
18th R.S. - 1883 Agricultural Affairs Internal Improvements Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries Revenue and Taxation State Affairs

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