Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Morgan Henderson

Full Name: John Morgan Henderson
Birth date: September 10, 1868
Death date: March 16, 1947

Terms of Service

Senate, 35th ⁽³⁾ & 34th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1915 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/9/1917, Regular Session.
Senate, 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
9/11/1914 - 1/12/1915
Democrat
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat

(1) Absolom C. Oliver, in special election 7/19/1913, sworn 8/13/1913, succeeded Horace W. Vaughan, resigned 4/1/1913. John M. Henderson, sworn 9/11/1914, succeeded Absolom C. Oliver, resigned 8/21/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 30th, 34th, and 35th Legislatures, and in East Texas: Its History and Its Makers. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. John Henderson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John M. Henderson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Volume IV, p. 482, John Morgan Henderson, "an active figure in Democratic politics . . . " East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 1940.
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Memorial, May 1947, p. 208. John Morgan Henderson. Texas Bar Journal .