Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry H. Sackett

Full Name: Henry H. Sackett
Birth date: February 23, 1851
Death date: December 19, 1928

Terms of Service

House, 38th Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
House, 36th Legislature
1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
House, 35th Legislature
1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
House, 34th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
Democrat
House, 33rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
9/11/1914 - 1/12/1915
Democrat

(1) Camp Colorado. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Camp Colorado. House Journal .
(3) 33rd Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Oaths of Office Administered, Del W. Harrington and Henry Sackett, 9/11/1914, p. 165. House Journal .
(4) Henry H. Sackett, in special election 9/8/1914, sworn 9/11/1914, succeeded E.A. McDaniel, resigned 9/20/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Camp Colorado, Coleman County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Burkett. Texas Legislative Manual .
(7) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 34th-36th and 38th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, R.S., 1/22/1929, p. 207. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Henry Sockett, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry Sackett, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry Sackett, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry Sackett, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

1 Corp., Company E, Frontier Battalion. H. Sackett, Coleman, Texas, commanding officer W.J. Maltby, enlistment date 6/6/1874. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900, Ranger Rolls - Statehood. Ancestry.com .
Henry Sackett, birth date 2/23/1851 in England, death date 12/19/1928 in Coleman County, Texas, ranchman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Henry Sackett (1851-1928), burial in Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, Coleman County. Includes obituary from Coleman Democrat-Voice, 12/30/1928, and muster roll card. Find a Grave .
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
Mentioned in "The Ghost of Camp Colorado", pp. 290-293, The End of the Trail: Western Stories. Google Books .
Mentioned in CAMP COLORADO. Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, Monday, 12/24/1928 (dateline Coleman, Tex., 12/23/1928). Born 1851 in Essex County, England, "died at his home at Camp Colorado Wednesday (12/19/1928)." San Antonio Express .
Sackett, Henry. Frontier Forces, Company E, Call Number 401-139. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935 .