Leonidas Jefferson Storey

Full Name: Leonidas Jefferson Storey
Date of birth: October 6, 1834
Date of death: March 28, 1909

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	31	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 15th ⁽³⁾ 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell	Senate President Pro Tempore (16th)	Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba
H	27	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell		Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays
H	27	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell		Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

(1) 16th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/19/1879, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal. April 14, 1876 April 27, 1876

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Senate District 31
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 15th ⁽³⁾ 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (16th)
(16th)
(16th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba

House District 27
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district: Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

House District 27
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district: Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

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Resolutions and Journal entries

31st Legislature, 1st C.S., 3/29/1909, pp. 103-104. Resolutions - Memorial.
31st Legislature, 2nd C.S., 5/10/1909, p. 375. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Hon. Leonidas Jefferson Storey, pp. 795-796. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Hon. Leonidas Jefferson Storey, pp. 449-450. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
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.
Biographical sketch, p. 1, 8/12/1880. Galveston Daily News.
STOREY, LEONIDAS JEFFERSON (1834-1909). Handbook of Texas Online.
13th Lieutenant Governor: Leonidas Jefferson Storey. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, pp. 57-58. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 250. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, L.J. Storey, Member State Railroad Commission, pp. 8-9. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Member of the Railroad Commission of Texas, pp. 17-19. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Biographical sketch, L.J. Storey, Member of the State Railroad Commission, pp. 397-399. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company B, 26th Texas Cavalry, Xavier B. DeBray's brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.

Photographs

Photograph. L.J. Story, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Storey, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Storey, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Storey, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east 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.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural Affairs Constitutional Amendments Finance (Chair) Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Penitentiary Public Buildings and Grounds Public Debt Revision of Code Revision of Rules State Affairs Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments (Chair)
15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Educational Affairs Finance (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections Public Debt Public Lands Revision of Senate Rules of Order and Joint Committee on Rules of Joint Session State Penitentiaries
14th R.S. - 1874 Agriculture and Stock Raising Commerce and Manufactures Comptroller and Treasurer Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Election Contest, Petition of S.Y. Smith of Walker County, James V. Lea Engrossed Bills (Chair) Judiciary No. 2 Printing and Contingent Expenses Removal of Judge J.J. Thornton, 24th Judicial District (Co-Chair) Rules (Chair)
13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture and Stock Raising Engrossed Bills Impeachment Managers, Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District Impeachment of Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District, Select Judiciary No. 1 Redistricting

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