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Johnson Wren Full Name: Johnson Wren Date of birth: 1805 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 2 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (1) (2) (3)     Black Jack Grove / Hopkins   Hopkins, Lamar S 2 Nov 16, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 6th (4) (5) (6)     Black Jack Grove / Hopkins   Hopkins, Lamar S 2 Nov 14, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th (7) (8) (9)     Black Jack Grove / Hopkins   Hopkins, Lamar H 19 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th     Black Jack Grove / Hopkins   Hopkins H 8 Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 3rd (10)     Black Jack Grove / Hopkins   Hopkins, Hunt H Lamar Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 2nd (11) (12) (13) (14)     Unknown / Lamar   Hopkins, Lamar (1) 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. (2) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette Weekly(Galveston, Tex.), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (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) "In Lamar, a number of the candidates are in the field for the Senate . . . probably Hon. Johnson Wren," "Candidates for the Legislature," Galveston Weekly News, 5/29/1855, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (5) 6th Legislature - sworn 11/16/1855, p. 78. "Mr. Taylor, of Cass, presented the credentials of Hon. Johnson Wren, senator elect from the Second Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Lamar and Hopkins, who came forward, was qualified and took his seat." Senate Journal. (6) 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. (7) 5th Legislature - City/county, pp. 457-461. House Journal. (8) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette [Austin, Tex.], 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (9) 5th Legislature - sworn 11/14/1853, p. 44. "Mr. Johnson Wren, Senator elect from District No. 2, composed of the counties of Lamar and Hopkins, presented his credentials, was qualified and took his seat." Senate Journal. (10) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette [Austin, Tex.], 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (11) "Johnson Wren located in the northwestern part of the county and was the first representative in the State Legislature." Early History of Hopkins County, Texas: Biographical Sketches and Incidents of the Early Settled Families, Chapter VI, by E. B. Fleming, 1902. USGenWeb Project, 1996. (12) Hopkins County was created from parts of Lamar and Nacogdoches counties in March 1846 by the first Texas state legislature. Handbook of Texas Online. (13) 2nd Legislature - Roll of counties, Lamar county, Honorables W.H. Bourland and Johnson Wren, 12/13/1847, p. 4. House Journal. (14) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, Texas Democrat, 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Census of 1860, Black Jack Grove, Hopkins County, Johnson Wren, age 55, born in Kentucky, farmer. HeritageQuest Online. Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News. Biographical notes, p. 244. Farmer from Kentucky, served in the House in the 2nd-4th Legislatures. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. Committee Informationtop 7th R.S. - 1857 Claims and Accounts   Land Office (Chair)  Public Debt   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   6th R.S. - 1855 Claims and Accounts   Finance   Land Office   Private Land Claims   Public Lands   5th R.S. - 1853 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Indian Affairs   Treasury Department, Select   4th R.S. - 1851 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Public Buildings   Public Printing   3rd R.S. - 1849 Claims and Accounts   Finance   2nd R.S. - 1847 Claims and Accounts   Internal Improvements   New Mexico Territory East of the Rio Grande   Post Routes

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