George Robertson Reeves

Full Name: George Robertson Reeves
Date of birth: January 3, 1826
Date of death: September 5, 1882

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	48	Jan 11, 1881 - Sep 5, 1882	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Pottsboro / Grayson	Speaker	Grayson
H	49	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Reevesville / Grayson		Collin, Grayson
H	22	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	Russell / Grayson		Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Hardeman, Knox, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger
H	33	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽⁵⁾		Sherman / Grayson		Collin, Grayson
H	5	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽⁶⁾		Sherman / Grayson		Grayson
H	5	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th		Unknown / Grayson		Grayson

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Reeves died 9/5/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(6) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Terms of Service top

House District 48
Jan 11, 1881 - Sep 5, 1882
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pottsboro / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

House District 49
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Reevesville / Grayson
Counties in district: Collin, Grayson

House District 22
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Russell / Grayson
Counties in district: Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Hardeman, Knox, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger

House District 33
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽⁵⁾
Home City/County: Sherman / Grayson
Counties in district: Collin, Grayson

House District 5
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽⁶⁾
Home City/County: Sherman / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

House District 5
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th
Home City/County: Unknown / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
Biographical sketch, Colonel George R. Reeves, pp. 340-341. Includes reprint of an article in the Dallas Herald on his election as speaker in January 1881. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
REEVES, GEORGE ROBERTSON (1826-1882). Handbook of Texas Online.
26th Speaker of the House of Representatives: George R. Reeves. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, p. 265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Colonel, William C. Young's 11th Texas Cavalry. Confederate Camp Reeves in Grayson County named for Reeves. Handbook of Texas Online.
George Robertson Reeves. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch, pp. 25, 115. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Biographical information in son George E. Reeves' sketch, p. 712. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
George Reeves, "The Resurrection of Bass Reeves," by Christian Wallace, July 2021. "At the outset of the Civil War, William’s third son, George, enlisted with the Confederate forces as a colonel in the Eleventh Texas Cavalry . . . After the war, George Reeves returned to Texas, where he served as a state legislator; he was Speaker of the House . . . " Texas Monthly.

Photographs

Photograph. G.R. Reeves, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. G.R. Reeves, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.R. Reeves, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. George R. Reeves, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Assessment and Collection of Taxes Constitutional Amendments Finance Governor's Mansion, Select Internal Improvements Revised Civil Code, Select Roads, Bridges and Ferries Rules State Affairs (Chair)
14th R.S. - 1874 Constitutional Amendments Federal Relations (Chair) Internal Improvements Military Affairs Public Lands and Land Office State Affairs Travis County Jail, Select
11th R.S. - 1866 Congressional Districts, Select Indian Affairs (Chair) Judicial Districts, Select Roads, Bridges and Ferries Rules
7th R.S. - 1857 County Boundaries Military Affairs Public Debt Public Lands Roads, Bridges and Ferries Tax Laws and Payment of Taxes Upon Real Estate
6th R.S. - 1855 Civil and Criminal Codes, Governor's Message, Select Constitutional Amendments, Select County and County Boundaries Indian Affairs Protection of Western Frontier, Select Public Lands

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