Leonidas Jefferson Storey
Full Name: Leonidas Jefferson StoreyDate of birth: October 6, 1834
Date of death: March 28, 1909
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 31 | Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (1) (2) 15th (3) | Democrat | Lockhart / Caldwell | Senate President Pro Tempore (16th) | Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba |
| H | 27 | Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 | 14th | Democrat | Lockhart / Caldwell | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | |
| H | 27 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th | Democrat | Lockhart / Caldwell | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) 16th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/19/1879, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) 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 ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 16th (1) (2) 15th (3)
- Leadership role:
-
Senate President Pro Tempore (16th)
(15th)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Lockhart / Caldwell
- Counties in district:
- Blanco, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba
- Legislatures:
- 14th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Lockhart / Caldwell
- Counties in district:
- Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays
- Legislatures:
- 13th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Lockhart / Caldwell
- Counties in district:
- Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe
Terms of service notes
(1) 16th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/19/1879, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) 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 ↩
Biographical Information
- 31st Legislature, 1st C.S., 3/29/1909, pp. 103-104. Resolutions - Memorial.
- 31st Legislature, 2nd C.S., 5/10/1909, p. 375. Resolutions - Memorial.
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Leonidas Jefferson Storey, pp. 795-796. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Leonidas Jefferson Storey, pp. 449-450. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
- Biographical sketch, p. 1, 8/12/1880. Galveston Daily News.
- STOREY, LEONIDAS JEFFERSON (1834-1909). Handbook of Texas Online.
- 13th Lieutenant Governor: Leonidas Jefferson Storey. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 57-58. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
- Biographical sketch, p. 250. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
- Biographical sketch, L.J. Storey, Member State Railroad Commission, pp. 8-9. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
- Biographical sketch, Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Member of the Railroad Commission of Texas, pp. 17-19. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
- Biographical sketch, L.J. Storey, Member of the State Railroad Commission, pp. 397-399. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.
- Confederate States Army, Captain, Company B, 26th Texas Cavalry, Xavier B. DeBray's brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.
- Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.
- Photograph. L.J. Story, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. L.J. Storey, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. L.J. Storey, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. L.J. Storey, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Leonidas Jefferson Storey, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
- 13th 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.
- 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.
- 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
Senate Committees
- Agricultural Affairs
- Constitutional Amendments
- Finance (Chair)
- Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection
- Internal Improvements
- Judiciary No. 1
- Penitentiary
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Debt
- Revision of Code
- Revision of Rules
- State Affairs
- Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments (Chair)
Joint Committees
House Committees
- Agriculture and Stock Raising
- Commerce and Manufactures
- Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office
- Constitutional Amendments
- Election Contest, Petition of S.Y. Smith of Walker County, James V. Lea
- Engrossed Bills (Chair)
- Judiciary No. 2
- Printing and Contingent Expenses
- Rules (Chair)
Joint Committees
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