Volney Erskine Howard
Full Name: Volney Erskine HowardDate of birth: October 22, 1809
Date of death: May 14, 1889
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | Bexar | Mar 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 | 1st (1) | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar, Comal |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Not present at organization of the House on 2/16/1846; Howard sworn 3/16/1846, p. 162. House Journal. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 1st (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- San Antonio / Bexar
- Counties in district:
- Bexar, Comal
Terms of service notes
(1) Not present at organization of the House on 2/16/1846; Howard sworn 3/16/1846, p. 162. House Journal. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biography, pp. 385-390. Incorrectly states Mr. Howard was elected to the Senate of the state of Texas. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 107-108. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- HOWARD, VOLNEY ERSKINE (1809-1889). Handbook of Texas Online.
- RUNNELS, HIRAM GEORGE (1796-1857). H.G. Runnels was the uncle of Texas governor Hardin R. Runnels. Volney E. Howard injured in duel with Hiram Runnels in 1840. Relatives: Hiram G. Runnels: uncle; Hardin R. Runnels and Howell Runnels: nephews. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, 2006.
- Biographical sketch includes passages from an obituary from a "leading daily newspaper of Los Angeles." Z.T. Fulmore, "General Volney Erskine Howard," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 14, Number 2, October 1910, pp. 146-149, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Obituary, 5/15/1889, Los Angeles Times, p. 2. Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library.
- 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.
- HOWARD, Volney Erskine (1809-1889). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
- Photograph. Volney E. Howard, Texas Jurists Collection
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