James Marshall Harrison

Full Name: James Marshall Harrison
Date of birth: February 21, 1818
Date of death: January 3, 1899

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	26	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Wills Point / Van Zandt	Van Zandt
H	4	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Canton / Van Zandt	Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt
H	4	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Canton / Van Zandt	Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt
H	18	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾		Four Mile Prairie / Van Zandt	Van Zandt, Wood
H	18	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾		Four Mile Prairie / Van Zandt	Van Zandt, Wood

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Mills Point, Van Zandt County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
(3) Canton, Van Zandt County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Wood County was established from part of Van Zandt County in 1850. Handbook of Texas Online.
(5) District No. 18, Wood County, James M. Harrison. House Journal.
(6) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(7) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 26
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wills Point / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Van Zandt

House District 4
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Canton / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt

House District 4
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Canton / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt

House District 18
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Home City/County: Four Mile Prairie / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Van Zandt, Wood

House District 18
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Home City/County: Four Mile Prairie / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Van Zandt, Wood

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

HARRISON, JAMES MARSHALL (1818-1899). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. Harrison, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Harrison, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Harrison, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. J.M. Harrison, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James Marshal Harrison, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883 Accompany Remains of Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County County Government and County Finance Stock and Stockraising
14th R.S. - 1874 Internal Improvements Penitentiary Public Lands and Land Office Roads, Bridges and Ferries
13th R.S. - 1873 Penitentiary Public Lands and Land Office Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)
8th R.S. - 1859 Contingent Expenses Private Land Claims Public Lands Retrenchment and Reform
7th R.S. - 1857 Internal Improvements Public Lands

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