Peter W. Gray

Full Name: Peter W. Gray
Date of birth: December 12, 1819
Date of death: October 3, 1874

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	17	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾		Houston / Harris		Harris
H	Harris	Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847	1st ⁽³⁾		Houston / Harris		Harris

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.
(3) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 17
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District Harris
Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847
Legislatures: 1st ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 114-115. Service in the 4th Legislature not mentioned. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
GRAY, PETER W. (1819-1874). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

Army of the Republic of Texas, Captain; 2nd Lieutenant, Milam Guards. Handbook of Texas Online.
Colonel and Judge of Military Court. Peter W. Gray. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 55, 150, Plate No. 63. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

"The District Judgeship," letter from Houston Bar to Edward A. Palmer requesting he be a candidate for District Judge for 7th Judicial District, vacated by P.W. Gray, 5/18/1860; Edward A. Palmer's reply, 5/19/1860. Galveston Weekly News, 5/29/1860, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Mentioned as early Houston lawyer, p. 80. Young, Samuel Oliver. A Thumb-Nail History of the City of Houston, Texas, From Its Founding in 1836 to the Year 1912, 1912. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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.
Biographical notes, p. 210. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Photographs

Photograph. Peter W. Gray, Texas Jurists Collection

Committee Information top

4th R.S. - 1851 Apportionment Enrolled Bills Finance Internal Improvements Judiciary (Chair)
1st R.S. - 1846 Judiciary (Chair) Mail Routes (Post Routes), Select Repairs to Public Buildings in Austin, Select

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