Emile Alexander Perrenot

Full Name: Emile Alexander Perrenot
Date of birth: March 20, 1845
Date of death: January 22, 1893

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	58	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Rockport / Aransas		Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria
H	58	Apr 18, 1876 - Aug 2, 1876	15th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Rockport / Aransas		Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(3) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(4) ROCKPORT, TX. "Rockport was incorporated as a town in 1870 and as a city in 1871, the year Aransas County was demarked from Refugio County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(5) Resignation letter and Gov. Coke's transmittal letter to Speaker, 8/2/1876, pp. 742-743. House Journal.
(6) Perrenot resigned 8/2/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 58
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Rockport / Aransas
Counties in district: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria

House District 58
Apr 18, 1876 - Aug 2, 1876
Legislatures: 15th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Rockport / Aransas
Counties in district: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 126-127. "Lives in Rockport, Refugio County." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch and portrait, E.A. Perrenot, pp. 254-256. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, 15th Confederate Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, commanding officer Colonel Harry Maury. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - E.A. Perrenot, Aransas County, age 35, born circa 1845 in Florida, druggist, wife M.E. FamilySearch. 1880
Emile Alexander Perrenot, father of Ray Elizabeth Perrenot, birth date 10/22/1883 in Rockport, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
E.A. Perrenot, birth date 3/20/1845, death date 1/22/1893, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria County. Find a Grave.
Death notice, "Hon. E.A. Perrenot," The Galveston Daily News, 1/24/1893, p. 2, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "He was formerly a member of the legislature from Aransas county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. A.E. Perinot, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. E.A. Perrenot, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of 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

17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts Congressional Districts, Apportionment Indian Affairs Public Printing Stockraising (Chair)
15th R.S. - 1876 Agriculture and Stock Raising Commerce and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Lunatic Asylum Military Affairs Public Health, Vital Statistics, and History of Texas

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