Thomas Jefferson Brown

Full Name: Thomas Jefferson Brown
Date of birth: July 24, 1836
Date of death: May 26, 1915

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	27	Jan 13, 1891 - Sep 5, 1892	22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Sherman / Grayson		Grayson
H	27	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Sherman / Grayson		Grayson

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Brown resigned 9/5/1892. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(4) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
(5) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 27
Jan 13, 1891 - Sep 5, 1892
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sherman / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

House District 27
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sherman / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

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Resolutions and Journal entries

34th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/26/1915, p. 378. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Captain T.J. Brown, p. 119. Mentioned in biographical sketch of William H. Bullock, p. 130. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
BROWN, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1836-1915). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Thomas Jefferson Brown, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1893-1911; Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1911-1915. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Biographical sketch, Thomas J. Brown, pp. 343-345. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Thomas J. Brown, p. 262. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Obituary, Thomas Jefferson Brown, "Judge T.J. Brown Dies in Greenville: Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court Passes Away—Burial Here," Sherman Daily Democrat, 5/26/1915, p. 1.
"Funeral Tomorrow: Services for Judge T.J. Brown to Be Held at 4 O'clock," "Senate Adopts Resolutions," "To Appoint Judge Phillips," Sherman Daily Democrat, 5/27/1915, p. 4.
"The Newspapers on the Death of Judge Brown," Sherman Daily Democrat, 5/31/1915, p. 2. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 5/26/1915 5/27/1915 5/31/1915
Biographical sketch, Thomas J. Brown, Associate Justice, Supreme Court, pp. 4-5. Born 6/24/1836 in Jasper County, Georgia. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, Thomas J. Brown, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, pp. 7-8. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Biographical sketch and portrait, p. 34 and p. 93. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Troop E, Col. Robert Taylor's Cavalry Regiment. Biographical sketch, p. 97. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of Hon. Alvin C. Owsley, pp. 651-652. "He [Owsley] at once entered into the practice and was thrown into competition with the ablest lawyers of the State, among them . . . Hon. T.J. Brown . . . Hon. W.O. Davis." Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Thomas Jefferson Brown, birth date 7/24/1836 in Georgia; death date 5/26/1915 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
T.J. Brown, birth date 7/24/1836, death date 5/26/1915, portrait, burial in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County, with wife Louise T. Brown. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in GRASS-LEASE FIGHT. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. T.J. Brown, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thomas Jefferson Brown, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

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22nd R.S. - 1891 Article 5, Constitution of the State of Texas Civil Courts of Appeal, Locations for Holding Internal Improvements (Chair) Irrigation Judiciary No. 1 Public Lands and Land Office Quarantine Laws Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts Rules
21st R.S. - 1889 General Education Bill Internal Improvements (Chair) Irrigation Judiciary No. 1 Public Lands and Land Office Quarantine Station at Galveston, Investigate Reports of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, Investigate

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