Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	23	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th (1)	Democrat	Jacksboro / Jack		Clay, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Young

(1) 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 "short term" (two years). Senate Journal. April 18, 1876 April 27, 1876

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• 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 and photograph, p. 127. Birth date 12/10/1836. "Served in Texas State Senate, 1876." History of the Bench and Bar of Southern California, 1909.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 38-39. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Lieutenant, 47th Virginia Infantry and 9th Virginia Cavalry. History of the Bench and Bar of Southern California, 1909.
• Confederate States Army, Captain. Los Angeles Times.

Other Resources

• Census of 1880 - Thos. Ball, Austin, Travis County, age 43, born circa 1837 in Virginia, Deputy Attorney General.
  Census of 1900 - Thos. Ball, Wicomico, Northumberland County, Virginia, age 64, born December 1836 in Virginia, lawyer.
  Thomas Ball, birth date 12/10/1836 in Virginia, death date 5/11/1917 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, retired lawyer, California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
• Obituary and portrait, "Warrior, Ex-Assistant Attorney-General, Dies," 5/12/1917, p. 11. "He served in the State Senate of Texas, was assistant Attorney-General of that State and was assistant Attorney-General of the United States from 1893 to 1896 . . ." Los Angeles Times.

Photographs

• Photograph. Thos. Ball, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Enrolled Bills   General Land Office (Chair)  Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Public Debt   Public Lands   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Retrenchment and Reform   State Penitentiaries   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Department