Jerome Bonaparte Robertson

Full Name: Jerome Bonaparte "Polly" Robertson
Date of birth: March 14, 1815
Date of death: January 7, 1890

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	14	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾		Washington-on-the-Brazos / Washington		Burleson, Milam, Washington, Williamson
H	Washington	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd ⁽⁴⁾		Washington-on-the-Brazos / Washington		Washington

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) 3rd Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office, 11/5/1849, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(4) 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).

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Senate District 14
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: Washington-on-the-Brazos / Washington
Counties in district: Burleson, Milam, Washington, Williamson

House District Washington
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
Legislatures: 2nd ⁽⁴⁾
Home City/County: Washington-on-the-Brazos / Washington
Counties in district: Washington

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Biographical Sketches

Jerome Bonaparte Robertson, biographical sketch, military service as commanding officer for the 5th Texas Infantry, activities as a Confederate veteran, pp. 45-46, 50, 55, 79, 92-93, 129, 188, 192. The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas: Prosperity, Civil War and Decline, 2005.
Biographical sketch, General Jerome B. Robertson, pp. 548-550. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
ROBERTSON, JEROME BONAPARTE (1815-1890). (Polly) Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

Texas Army, Captain. Confederate States Army, Colonel, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade; Brigadier General, "succeeded Hood as commander of the Texas Brigade." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, pp. 86-87. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Jerome Bonaparte Robertson. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Mentioned in several letters, received command of Hood's Brigade in 1862, p. 49. Touched by Fire: Letters From Company D 5th Texas Infantry Hood's Brigade Army of Northern Virginia 1862-1865, 2000.
Biography and Civil War history written and collected by Jerome Bonaparte Robertson, LRL collection, 328.764 R547R 1964. Touched with Valor: Civil War Papers and Casualty Reports of Hood's Texas Brigade, 1964.

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.

Committee Information top

3rd R.S. - 1849 Comptroller and Treasurer, Examine Education Federal Relations (Chair) Fire-Proof General Land Office Building, Governor's Message Governor's Message, Select Penitentiary Private Land Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Public Debt, Select (Co-Chair) Quieting Land Titles of the State, Governor's Message
2nd R.S. - 1847 Contingent Expenses Internal Improvements (Chair) Post Routes Public Debt and Outstanding Liabilities of the Late Republic of Texas (Chair)

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