John Marshall Claiborne

Full Name: John Marshall Claiborne
Date of birth: February 27, 1839
Date of death: April 20, 1909

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	10	Jan 11, 1887 - Feb 19, 1890	20th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston		Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Claiborne resigned 2/19/1890. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) Chairman of State Democratic Executive Committee for two years, "one of the straightest Democrats in the state," p. 71. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
(5) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(6) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 10
Jan 11, 1887 - Feb 19, 1890
Legislatures: 20th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Galveston / Galveston
Counties in district: Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, portrait, and signature, Jno. M. Claiborne, pp. 70-72. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, Jno. M. Claiborne, pp. 168-169. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, p. 364. Death date 4/20/1909. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, Terry's Texas Rangers; later appointed Adjutant General with rank of Colonel. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
John Marshall Claiborne, birth date 2/27/1839, death date 4/28/1909 in Rusk. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Other Resources

General Jno. M. Claiborne, birth date 2/27/1839, death date 4/20/1909, portrait, burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Gen. J.M. Claiborne Dead: Served on Joe Wheeler's Staff in the Civil War," The Houston Post, 4/23/1909, p. 2. "State Senator from the Galveston district." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. Jno. M. Claiborne, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jno. M. Claiborne, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

21st R.S. - 1889 Agricultural Affairs Capitol Grounds Commerce and Manufacture (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Finance Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Military Affairs (Chair) Public Health Stock and Stockraising
20th R.S. - 1887 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Comptroller's Office, Examine Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Fraudulent Renditions of Property for Taxation Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Military Affairs New Capitol, Furnishing Public Health Purchase of Asylum Lund Rules

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