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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	16	Nov 12, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859	6th (4) (5)   7th (1) (2) (3)		Woodville / Tyler		Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Polk, Trinity, Tyler
S	16	Nov 23, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th (6)		Woodville / Tyler		Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Polk, Trinity, Tyler

(1) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) 7th Legislature - Not present at organization of the Senate, pp. 1, 4. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/4/1857, p. 10. Senate Journal.
(3) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(4) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Presented credentials, sworn, and took his seat, 11/12/1855, pp. 54-55. Senate Journal.
(5) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(6) 5th Legislature - Presented credentials, qualified, and took his seat, 11/23/1853, p. 74. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Henry C. Pedigo, native state Virginia, emigrated from Virginia in 1847, lawyer, postoffice Woodville, Tyler County. House Journal.

Other Resources

• Family group sheet lists Henry Clay Pedigo, born February 1820 in Patrick County, Virginia; died 4/15/1881 in Hardin County, Texas; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Texas. Burnett/Turner/Via/Ross/Etc/Etc pages. Chris Gaunt's Home Page, 2009.
• Census of 1850 - Henry C. Pedigo, Tyler county, age 30, born circa 1820 in Virginia, lawyer, living in household with Cordelia E. Pedigo.
  Census of 1860 - H.C. Pedego, Woodville post office, Tyler County, age 40, born circa 1820 in Virginia, lawyer, living in household with C.E. Pedego.
  Census of 1880 - H.C. Pedego, Tyler County, age 60, born circa 1820 in Virginia, lawyer, wife Cordelia. FamilySearch. 1850 1860 1880
• H.C. Pedigo listed as a delegate to the Chicago radical convention, p. 2, 5/23/1868, Galveston Daily News.
• Henry C. Pedigo, Chapter 5, Jefferson County, Texas Unionist from Tyler County, pp. 145-146; campaign for district judge in Jefferson County, p. 159. Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997.
• Henry Clay Pedigo became a distinguished jurist in Harden County, Texas, "The Pedigo family of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia," History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia. HeritageQuest Online.
• In 1865, Judge Henry C. Pedigo, a staunch Unionist, recommended his brother Ira for an appointment as subassistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, p. 53-43. Overreached on All Sides: the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas Administrators, 1865-1868, 1991.
• Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
• Biographical notes, p. 246. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Committee Information top

7th R.S. - 1857 Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Public Debt

6th R.S. - 1855 Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Public Debt

5th R.S. - 1853 Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Penitentiary   State Affairs