Thomas Jefferson Jennings
Full Name: Thomas Jefferson JenningsDate of birth: October 20, 1801
Date of death: September 23, 1881
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 21 | Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 | 7th (1) | Alto / Cherokee | Cherokee |
(1) Democrat. 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 21
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 Legislatures: 7th (1) Home City/County: Alto / Cherokee Counties in district: Cherokee |
(1) Democrat. 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).
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biography, pp. 215-216. Death date 9/20/1881. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Thomas J. Jennings, pp. 569-571. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- JENNINGS, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1801-1881). Relatives: Thomas Jefferson Jennings, father; Tom R. Jennings, son. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Obituary, Thomas J. Jennings, "Death of a Distinguished Man," 9/30/1881, p. 2. Marshall Messenger.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 47-48. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
- Thomas Jefferson Jennings, no Civil War service "due to age and illness." Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Other Resources
- Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. Thomas J. Jennings, Texas Jurists Collection
Committee Information top
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7th R.S. - 1857
Education Judiciary (Chair) Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs Privileges and Elections Public Debt Rules, Select |
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