Henry Dearborn McDonald

Full Name: Henry Dearborn McDonald
Date of birth: September 21, 1847
Date of death: April 22, 1925

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	31	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 20th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Paris / Lamar	Senate President Pro Tempore (21st)	Fannin, Lamar, Red River

(1) 21st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/8/1889, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(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) 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).
(5) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 31
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 20th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (21st)
(21st)
(21st)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Paris / Lamar
Counties in district: Fannin, Lamar, Red River

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Henry D. McDonald of Paris, "Backward Glances (From the Scrapbooks of the Late A.W. Neville, Editor of The Paris News, 1936-1956)," 4/21/1960, p. 4. Paris News.
Biographical sketch, Henry Dearborn McDonald, in "The History of Lamar County: Gaines—Lightfoot—McDonald," 10/3/1937, p. 12. Paris News.
Biographical sketch, Henry D. McDonald, pp. 82-83. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Henry D. McDonald, pp. 181-182. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, pp. 366-367. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Other Resources

Obituary, "Judge H.D. M'Donald Expires, Succumbed in Office Wednesday," 4/23/1925, p. 1. Died 4/22/1925 in Paris. Former state senator and one of leading attorneys in North Texas. Corpus Christi Times.
H.D. McDonald, birth date 9/21/1846 in Lamar County, death date 4/22/1925 in Paris, Lamar County, attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Henry D. McDonald, death date 4/22/1925, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. H.D. McDonald, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. H.D. McDonald, 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.

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21st R.S. - 1889 Alamo Monument Capitol Grounds Constitutional Amendments Employees of the Senate Federal Relations Finance Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Public Lands State Asylums
20th R.S. - 1887 Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendments Address Federal Relations Internal Improvements Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 New Capitol Construction, Examine Public Debt Public Lands State Asylum

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