José Antonio Navarro
Full Name: José Antonio NavarroDate of birth: February 27, 1795
Date of death: January 13, 1871
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 18 | Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 | 2nd (1) (2) (3) | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar | ||
| S | 18 | Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 | 1st (4) (5) (6) | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(2) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(3) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal. ↩
(6) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. ↩
Terms of Service
Terms of service notes
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(2) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(3) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal. ↩
(6) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. ↩
Biographical Information
- 1st Legislature - Reuben M. Potter selected as interpreter for Senator Navarro, p. 10. Senate Journal.
- 2nd Legislature - Senator Navarro allowed an interpreter to be paid out of the Senate contingent fund, p. 49. Senate Journal.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 144-145. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, pp. 205-206. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, 1995.
- Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, p. 94. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album Limited Edition, 2001.
- NAVARRO, JOSÉ ANTONIO (1795-1871). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biography in LRL Young Texans collection. José Antonio Navarro, 2017.
- Biography in LRL collection, 976.4 N228M 2010. José Antonio Navarro: in Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth Century Texas, 2010.
- Portrait and biographical sketch. Lone Star Junction, 1995.
- Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, p. 583. Born 2/2/1795 in San Antonio de Bejar; Senator from Bejar District in the State Congress. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families, 1894.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 170-171. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
- Jose Antonio Navarro. Cenotaph. Texas State Cemetery.
- Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, Volume I, pp. 102-106. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 202-207. With the Makers of San Antonio: Genealogies of the Early Latin, Anglo-American, and German Families with Occasional Biographies, Each Group Being Prefaced with a Brief Historical Sketch and Illustrations, 1937.
- Jose Antonio Navarro, birth date 2/27/1795 in San Antonio, death date 1/13/1871, photo, burial in San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
- Mentioned in Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de La Garza and Manuel Yturri, 2011.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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