Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	18	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th (1) (2) (3)	Unaffiliated	Houston / Harris		Harris, Montgomery
H	36	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th (4)		Houston / Harris		Harris
H	36	Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866	10th		Houston / Harris		Harris

(1) "Houston: Republican nominations for Senator, Floater and District Judge," 1/15/1876, p. 1. Report from District Republican Convention for Harris and Montgomery counties indicates John T. Brady recommended for State Senator. Galveston Daily News.
(2) 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
(3) Independent. Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77, 1877.
(4) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, Hon. John Thomas Brady, p. 348. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
• Biographical sketch notes "Col. J.T. Brady is Senator elect, the Independent candidate over Col. W.R. Baker, Democratic nominee. The Republicans and many Democrats voted for him"; "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.
• BRADY, JOHN THOMAS (1830-1890). "In 1880 he was nominated for Congress by the National Greenback Labor party." Handbook of Texas Online.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, Col. John T. Brady, pp. 377-379. History of Texas Together With a Biographical History . . . of The Cities of . . . Houston and Galveston, 1895.
• Obituary, Colonel John T. Brady, "The Bayou City Budget: Death of an Old and Honored Citizen," The Galveston Daily News, 6/27/1891, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Biographical sketch, pp. 30-32. "In the late election, he was an independent candidate for State Senator." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Gen. John B. Magruder's staff and volunteer aide to Commodore Leon Smith on the steamer Bayou City. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

• Col. John T. Brady, birth date 10/10/1830, death date 6/26/1891, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
• Listed in Greenback-Labor State Convention, Presidential electors, 1880, and as Chairman of State Republican Convention, 1888; possibly the "T.J. Brady" listed in Greenback State Convention State Executive Committee, 1884, and Deep Water Convention, Resolutions Committee, 1888, pp. 199, 229, 264, and 272. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.

Photographs

• Photograph. J.T. Brady, 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.
• 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Visit   Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Public Debt (Chair)  Public Lands   Revision of Senate Rules of Order and Joint Committee on Rules of Joint Session

11th R.S. - 1866 Internal Improvement (Chair)  Judiciary

10th R.S. - 1863 Finance (Chair)  Military Affairs