Terms of Service

• Senate, 30th ⁽²⁾ & 29th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1905 - 1/12/1909
  Democrat
  Dean of the Senate.
• Senate, 28th ^{(1) (6)} Legislature
  1/15/1903 - 1/10/1905
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 27th ⁽⁴⁾ & 26th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1899 - 1/13/1903
  Democrat
  

(1) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 28th Legislature - Absent in roll call of Senators-elect, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Oath of office administered, 1/15/1903, p. 9. Senate Journal . January 13, 1903
January 15, 1903

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal .
• Arch Grinnan. Senate Journal . 29th R.S.

Photographs

• Photograph. Arch Grinnan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Arch Grinnan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Arch Grinnan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A. Grinnin, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Arch Grinnin, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Archibald Grinnan, birth date 3/6/1864 in Culpepper, Virginia, death date 2/24/1916 in Brownwood, Texas, attorney and counselor at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Arch Grinnan, birth date 3/4/1864, death date 2/24/1916, burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County. Find a Grave .
• Obituary, "Hon. Arch Grinnan Died Late Yesterday: Prominent Attorney and Former State Senator Succumbs After Brief Illness," Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Texas), 2/25/1916, p. 1, crediting the Howard Payne University Library. Born 3/6/1864 in Culpepper, Virginia. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
• 28th Legislature (1903) - Arch Grinnan, postoffice Brownwood, Brown County, nativity Virginia, lawyer, Democrat, age 38 (born circa 1865). Texas Legislative Manual .
• Biographical sketch, Arch. Grinnan, p. 80. Born 3/6/1868 in Culpeper County, Virginia. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.

Committee Information

• 30th R.S. - 1907
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Educational Affairs  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• Public Printing (Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments  
• 29th R.S. - 1905
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Educational Affairs (Chair) 
• Federal Relations  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• Public Printing  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• 28th R.S. - 1903
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Investigate the fairness of the meeting of senators to determine by drawing of lots the lengths of their terms  
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 27th R.S. - 1901
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Federal Relations  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Mining and Irrigation (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• 26th R.S. - 1899
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Educational Affairs  
• Enrolled Bills (Chair) 
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Printing