J.B. Stubbs

James B. Stubbs

Full Name: James B. Stubbs
Date of birth: August 28, 1850
Date of death: February 3, 1925

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 19 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Terms of Service top

Senate District 19
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th (1) (2) (3) (4)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Galveston / Galveston
Counties in district: Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 39th Legislature, R.S., In Memoriam: James B. Stubbs and Robert Gould Street, 2/25/1925, pp. 635-637. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

  • Obituary and photo, "James B. Stubbs Dies at Home: Prominent in Legal and Political Circles for Many Years," 2/4/1925, p. 1. Galveston Bar Association memorial resolution, "Attorneys Honor Deceased Fellows: Bar Association Pays Tribute to Johnson and Stubbs," 2/15/1925, p. 9. "In 1881 he was elected to the state senate and was largely instrumental, by his efforts in the legislature and by his campaign of the state, in establishing the medical branch of the State University at Galveston . . . " Galveston Daily News.
  • Biographical sketch, Volume II, James B. Stubbs, pp. 607-608. Born 8/28/1850 in Montgomery, Alabama; elected state senator in 1881. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910.
  • Portrait, biographical sketch, and exhibit, August 2015 "Treasure of the Month," James B. Stubbs (1851-1925). Rosenberg Library Museum, Galveston, TX, 2011.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • James B. Stubbs, birth date 8/28/1850 in Montgomery, Alabama, death date 2/3/1925 in Galveston, Galveston County, attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • J.B. Stubbs, birth date 8/28/1850, death date 2/3/1925, burial in Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.B. Stubbs, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881
Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) 
Constitutional Amendments  
Educational Affairs  
Engrossed Bills  
Federal Relations  
Finance  
Internal Improvements  
Judiciary No. 1  
Military Affairs  
Senatorial and Representative Districts  
Statistics of Industries, Public Health, and History of Texas  

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