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J.L. Henry

John Lane Henry

Full Name: John Lane Henry
Date of birth: October 18, 1831
Date of death: October 21, 1907

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 6 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Tyler / Smith   Smith, Upshur

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
13th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Tyler / Smith
Counties in district:
Smith, Upshur

Terms of service notes


(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Biographical Information

  • 13th Legislature - 1/14/1873, p. 1. Lists J.S. Henry, Sixth District. Senate Journal.

  • Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, 20th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, John Lane Henry, birth date 10/18/1831, death date 10/21/1907, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas. Find a Grave.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 63. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.

  • Photograph. J.L. Henry, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
  • Photograph. J.L. Henry, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. John L. Henry, Texas Jurists Collection
  • Photograph. J.L. Henry, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

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