Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders

Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
http://www.ancestry.com/
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–Present: Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives
Senate Historical Office, United States Senate
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
FamilySearch: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., a service provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
http://www.familysearch.org/
Find a Grave: Find A Grave, Inc.
http://www.findagrave.com
GenealogyMagazine.com: Datatrace Systems
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/
Handbook of Texas Online: Texas State Historical Association, distributed in partnership with the University of North Texas
http://www.tshaonline.org
HeritageQuest Online: ProQuest LLC
http://www.heritagequestonline.com/
Historical Election Results (1992–Current): Texas Secretary of State
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/index.shtml
NewspaperArchive.com: Heritage Microfilm, Inc.
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/
Political Graveyard: A Database of Historical Cemeteries: Lawrence Kestenbaum
http://politicalgraveyard.com/
Texas State Cemetery: State Cemetery Committee
http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/
TXGenWeb Project: Texas Genealogy and History: TXGenWeb Project, hosted by rootsweb, an ancestry.com community
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/

Printed Material

Call numbers indicate location within the collection of the Legislative Reference Library in Austin, Texas.

Apportionment Laws of Texas from 1836–1950: Legislative Reference Division, Texas State Library, 1950
L1937.8 AP61
http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/general/Apportionment_Laws_1836_1950.pdf
Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832–1845: House of Representatives, Texas Legislature, 1942
L1800.5 B52
http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/bios/Bio_Directory_Texas_Convs_Congresses_1832-1845.pdf
Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: F.A. Battey & Company, 1889
976.4 B52 1889
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/s.html
Biographies of Legislators: Texas Legislaure, 1965–77, 1993–97
L1800.5 B523
Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923–1999: Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten
University of Texas Press, 2000
328.764 J722C
East Texas: Its History and Its Makers: Thomas Clarence Richardson and Dabney White
Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1940
976.4 R396E 1940 V.1–4
Greenbackers, Knights of Labor, and Populists: Matthew Hild
University of Georgia Press, 2007
973.8 H543G 2007
History of Texas and Texans: Francis White Johnson
American Historical Society, 1914
976.4 J631H 1914 V.1–5
House Journal: House of Representatives, Texas Legislature, 1846–Present
Law-Tex
Members of the Texas Congress, 1836–1845; Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846–1992: Senate Engrossing and Enrolling, Texas Legislature, 1992
L1800.5 M512 1992-1, 1992-2
Members of the Texas Congress, 1836â€“1845; Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846–2004: Secretary of the Senate, Texas Legislature, 2005
L1800.5 M512 2004 V.1–2
Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846–1962: Texas Legislature, 1962
L1800.5 M512 1962
Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846–1980: Texas Legislative Council, Texas Legislature, 1980
L1800.5 M512 1980
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature: Texas Legislative Council, Texas Legislature, 2006
L1800.5 OF3 2006
http://www.tlc.texas.gov/docs/PresidingOfficers.pdf
Roster . . . Legislature, State of Texas: Texas Legislative Service, 1947–Present
L1800.5 R739
Senate Biographies: Senate, Texas Legislature,1973
L1803.5 SE55 1973
Senate Journal: Senate, Texas Legislature, 1846–Present
Law-Tex
Senators of Texas: Senate, Texas Legislature, 1975
L1803.5 SE55 1975
Texas Official General Election Returns: Texas Secretary of State,1936–1996
324.764 T312
Tejano Struggle for Representation: John P. Schmal
Houston Institute for Culture, 2004
http://www.houstonculture.org/hispanic/tejano1.html
Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide: A.H. Belo and Company; Texas State Historical Association; and other publishers; 1925–Present
317.64 T31A
Texas Bar Journal: State Bar of Texas, 1938–Present
Law Reviews
Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846–1992: House of Representatives, Texas Legislature, 1992
L1801.1 P589
Texas Legislative Handbook: Legislative Associates, Inc.; Texas State Directory Press, Inc.; and other publishers; 1979–Present
L1800.5 R735
Texas Legislative Manual: E.W. Swindells; Texas Legislative Council; and other publishers; 1879–Present
L1400.5 L524M
Texas Senate (see also Texas Senators): Senate Media Services, Texas Legislature, 1979–1991, 2001
L1803.5 SE55
Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836–1861: Patsy McDonald Spaw
Texas A&M University Press, 1990
L1803.1 SE54 V.1
Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861–1889: Patsy McDonald Spaw
Texas A&M University Press, 1999
L1803.1 SE54 V.2
Texas Senators (see also Texas Senate): Senate Media Services, Texas Legislature, 1993–1999, 2003–2009
L1803.5 SE55
Texas State Directory: Texas Publishing Co., Inc.; Texas State Directory Press, Inc.; and other publishers; 1946–Present
920 T3D

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