H.E. Fisher

Henry Francis Fisher

Full Name: Henry Francis Fisher
Date of birth: February 23, 1856
Date of death: December 21, 1939

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 92 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1) (2)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris

(1) Elected as a democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Terms of Service top

House District 92
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th (1) (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

(1) Elected as a democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • H.F. Fisher, 18th Legislature. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Judge Henry Francis Fisher, birth date 2/23/1856 in Galveston, Texas, death date 12/21/1939 in Los Angeles County, California. Houston lawyer in passport application (passport issue date 6/30/1908). Balling Family Tree; U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925; California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939. Ancestry.com.
  • Census of 1880 - Hy. F. Fisher, Houston, Harris County, age 24, born circa 1856 in Texas, lawyer.
    Census of 1900 - Henry F. Fisher, Houston, Harris County, age 44, born February 1856 in Texas, lawyer, wife Bertha.
    FamilySearch. 1880 1900
  • Henry Francis Fisher, birth date estimated 1855 in Galveston, Texas, death date 12/21/1939 in Los Angeles, California. FamilySearch. California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
  • Henry F. Fisher, birth date 2/23/1856, death date 12/21/1939, burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Find a Grave.
  • Death notice, "Former Texas Jurist's Funeral Rites Held," 12/23/1939, p. 14. "Henry Francis Fisher, 83, former judge pro-tem of the Texas Supreme Court and a member of the Texas Legislature." Hollywood Citizen-News.
  • Henry F. Fisher. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
  • Roster and bio list name Henry E. Fisher. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Photographs

  • Photograph. H.E. Fisher, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883
Enrolled Bills (Chair) 
Fence Cutting  
Internal Improvements  
Judiciary No. 1  
Towns and City Corporations  

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