James Hooker
Full Name: James HookerDate of birth: May 31, 1807
Date of death: December 29, 1865
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 28 | Feb 4, 1863 - Nov 2, 1863 | 9th (1) (2) | Greenville / Hunt | Hunt | ||
| H | 9 | Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 | 6th | Greenville / Hunt | Hunt | ||
| H | 18 | Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 | 4th | Greenville / Hunt | Hunt, Kaufman |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Oath of office, 2/4/1863, p. 2. "The following new members came forward, presented their credentials, and took the oath: Messrs. E.A. Blanch, P. S. Bethel, Thos. Camp, J.D. Todd, and J. Hooker." House Journal. ↩
(2) James Hooker, in special election 1/19/1863, succeeded Louis Starr, removed from district. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 6th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Greenville / Hunt
- Counties in district:
- Hunt
- Legislatures:
- 4th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Greenville / Hunt
- Counties in district:
- Hunt, Kaufman
Terms of service notes
(1) Oath of office, 2/4/1863, p. 2. "The following new members came forward, presented their credentials, and took the oath: Messrs. E.A. Blanch, P. S. Bethel, Thos. Camp, J.D. Todd, and J. Hooker." House Journal. ↩
(2) James Hooker, in special election 1/19/1863, succeeded Louis Starr, removed from district. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Biographical Information
- HOOKER, JAMES (1807-1865). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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