Edwin E. Hobby

Full Name: Edwin E. Hobby
Date of birth: 1844
Date of death: November 1, 1899

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	1	Apr 18, 1876 - Jul 10, 1879	16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 15th ⁽⁶⁾ 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Woodville / Tyler	Senate President Pro Tempore (16th)	Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler
S	1	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾	Democrat	Woodville / Tyler		Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler

(1) 16th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/24/1879, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Hobby resigned 7/10/1879. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Livingston, Polk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) 14th Legislature - Biographical sketch, Edwin E. Hobby "of Woodville, Tyler County," p. 190. "Following the war, Edwin divided his residence between Polk and Tyler counties." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(6) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal. April 14, 1876 April 27, 1876
(7) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(8) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(9) "Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

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Senate District 1
Apr 18, 1876 - Jul 10, 1879
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 15th ⁽⁶⁾ 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (16th)
(16th)
(16th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Woodville / Tyler
Counties in district: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler

Senate District 1
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Woodville / Tyler
Counties in district: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. "Dr. Francis." Galveston Daily News.
HOBBY, EDWIN E. (1844-1899). "From 1879 to 1888 Hobby served as judge of the Thirty-first Judicial District . . . During this time the judge lived in Woodville, Moscow, and Livingston." Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary, Edwin Hobby, "Death of Judge Hobby," 11/3/1899, p. 3. Served in the state senate from Tyler County. The Liberty Vindicator.
Biographical sketch, Edwin Hobby, Commission of Appeals, Presiding Judge, p. 93. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
37th Lieutenant Governor: Bill Hobby. Photo and biographical sketch. Relatives: Edwin E. Hobby - father; William Pettus Hobby, Sr. (Lieutenant Governor 1915-1917, Governor 1917-1921) - son. William Pettus Hobby, Sr. - father; William Pettus "Bill" Hobby, Jr. - son (Lieutenant Governor 1973-1990). Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, pp. 5-6. Settled in Woodville, Tyler County in March, 1868; "resides in the town of Woodville, Tyler County." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 239. Edwin Hobby, of Polk County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company G (Hobby's), Texas Infantry, enlisted 5/14/1862. Edwin Hobby, death date 11/1/1899 in Harris County, widow Mrs. Dora Pettus Hobby, marriage date 2/20/1865 in Fort Bend County. Pension File No. 21472, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company G, 8th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, Edwin E. Hobby, born 1843, death date 11/1/1899, marker in memory of Edwin E. Hobby (1844-1899), burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
Confederate States Army, Captain, 8th Texas Infantry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in EIGHTH TEXAS INFANTRY. Handbook of Texas Online.
8th Texas Infantry. Hobby's Regiment Texas Infantry. Biographical sketches, portrait of Alfred M. Hobby. Relatives: Alfred Marmaduke Hobby - brother; Edwin E. Hobby - brother. Texas Confederate Journals.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Do Not Go Gentle: Former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby fights on for better, more diverse education in Texas," 9/10/1998. Houston Press.

Photographs

Photograph. E. Hobby, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Edwin Hobby, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Edwin Hobby, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Finance Insurance, Statistics and History Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Privileges and Elections Public Claims and Accounts Public Printing Revision of Code (Chair) Revision of Rules (Chair) Statistics of Industry, Public Health and History of Texas
15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Finance Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Privileges and Elections Public Claims and Accounts Revision of Senate Rules of Order and Joint Committee on Rules of Joint Session
14th R.S. - 1874 Education Enrolled Bills (Chair) Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary Militia Privileges and Elections Public Buildings (Chair) Removal of Judge Martin Wheeler, 5th Judicial District Retrenchment and Reform Roads, Bridges and Ferries Sam Houston Monument (Co-Chair)

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