Emory Rains
Full Name: Emory RainsDate of birth: May 4, 1800
Date of death: March 4, 1878
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 6 | Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 | 8th (1) (2) | Springville / Wood | Upshur, Wood | ||
| H | 25 | Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 | 5th | Shelbyville / Shelby | Panola, San Augustine, Shelby | ||
| H | 9 | Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 | 4th | Shelbyville / Shelby | San Augustine, Shelby | ||
| H | Shelby | Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 | 2nd (3) | Shelbyville / Shelby | Shelby |
(1) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(2) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Terms of Service top
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Senate District 6
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 Legislatures: 8th (1) (2) Home City/County: Springville / Wood Counties in district: Upshur, Wood |
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House District 25
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 Legislatures: 5th Home City/County: Shelbyville / Shelby Counties in district: Panola, San Augustine, Shelby |
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House District 9
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 Legislatures: 4th Home City/County: Shelbyville / Shelby Counties in district: San Augustine, Shelby |
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House District Shelby
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 Legislatures: 2nd (3) Home City/County: Shelbyville / Shelby Counties in district: Shelby |
(1) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(2) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Emery Rains, age 53, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Tennessee in 1816, farmer, postoffice Shelbyville, Shelby County. House Journal.
- Emery Rains. Senate Journal. 8th R.S.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 157. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- RAINS, EMORY (1800-1878). "Sometime before 1859 he moved to Wood County; he represented that county in the Senate of the Eighth Legislature." Handbook of Texas Online.
- RAINS, JOHN D. (1824-?). Born 1824 in Alabama; died sometime after 1870. Relatives: Emory Rains, father; John D. Rains, son. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Emory Rains. "As a state senator from Wood County, Rains refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy and remained at home farming for the rest of the war." Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Other Resources
- Emory Rains, birth date 5/4/1800, death date 3/4/1878, burial in Emory City Cemetery, Emory, Rains County. Includes portrait, historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
- RAINS COUNTY and EMORY, TEXAS, named for Emory Rains. Handbook of Texas Online. Handbook of Texas Online
- Report of the death of the Hon. Emory Rains in the Sherman Courier, "State Press," The Galveston Daily News, 4/28/1878, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Sarah Brown Hipp Barrett, mother of Eli Brown Barrett, was the niece of Emory Rains, pp. 104-105. Relatives: Emory Rains - great-uncle; Eli Brown Barrett - great-nephew. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
- Historical marker, Emory Rains, Emory, Rains County. Birth date 5/2/1800, death date 8/11/1878. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
Photographs
- Photograph. Emory Rains, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Committee Information top
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8th R.S. - 1859
Private Land Claims | ||
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5th R.S. - 1853
Claims and Accounts (Chair) | ||
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4th R.S. - 1851
Apportionment Claims and Accounts Post Routes Public Buildings | ||
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2nd R.S. - 1847
Apportionment of Representation, Select Claims and Accounts Internal Improvements |
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