Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Harvey Robertson

Full Name: James Harvey Robertson
Birth date: May 2, 1853
Death date: March 2, 1912

Terms of Service

House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 3/2/1912
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

33rd Legislature, R.S., 1/16/1913, p. 77. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. J.H. Robertson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James H. Robertson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. Robertson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. Robertson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, James Harvey Robertson, Volume IV, p. 1719. Relatives: James Harvey Robertson, father; John B. Robertson, son. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Biographical sketch, author of "Robertson Insurance Law," requiring insurance companies to invest 75 percent of reserve in the state, p. 78. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service 2005.
Obituary, 3/5/1912, p. 4. Daily Advocate (Victoria, Texas) .
James and John Robertson mentioned in A Twist At the End: "John and James Robertson were respectively the mayor of Austin and the district attorney of Travis County . . . both of the Robertsons had served a term in the Texas legislature . . ." , p. 136. Relatives: John W. Robertson and James Harvey Robertson - brothers. Google Books .
ROBERTSON, JAMES HARVEY (1853-1912). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, James H. Robertson, pp. 286-287. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
Portrait and biographical sketch, James H. Robertson, pp. 477-478. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Austin Mayor John W. Robertson and Travis County District Attorney James H. Robertson, brothers, mentioned in "Capital Murder," July 2000, by Skip Hollandsworth. Texas Monthly .