Stephen Reaves

Full Name: Stephen Reaves
Date of birth: September 3, 1816
Date of death: September 25, 1905

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 8 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th (1) (2) (3)     Tyler / Smith   Rusk, Smith

(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) Senate District 8, represented Rusk and Smith counties. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 8
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th (1) (2) (3)  
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Rusk, Smith

(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) Senate District 8, represented Rusk and Smith counties. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Stephen Reaves, birth date 9/3/1816, death date 9/25/1905, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in biographical sketch of son Stephen D. Reaves, Volume V, pp. 2644-2645. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
  • Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Obituary, Judge Stephen Reeves, Galveston Tribune, 10/4/1905, p. 7, crediting Rosenberg Library. "He served one term in the state senate and was, we believe, the first man from Smith county elected to the senate." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Biographical notes, p. 210. Lawyer, born in Georgia, came to Tyler in 1846. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Committee Information top

4th R.S. - 1851
Apportionment  
Education  
Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
Internal Improvements  
Judiciary  

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