Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Astyanax M. Douglass

Full Name: Astyanax M. Douglass
Other surnames: Douglas
Birth date: September 10, 1838
Death date: March 1, 1908

Terms of Service

Senate, 28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
Senate, 23rd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 16th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
House, 15th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
House, 14th Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893
(5) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

28th Legislature (1903), p. 1 - lists name as A.M. Douglas of Hill county, District No. 10. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. A.M. Douglass, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.M. Douglass, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.M. Douglass, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.M. Douglass, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Dr. A.M. Douglass, birth date 9/10/1838, death date 3/1/1908, portrait, burial in Covington Cemetery, Covington, Hill County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13. Galveston Daily News .
DOUGLASS, ASTYANAX M. (1838-1908). "State representative"; notes one of Astyanax M. Douglass' five sons "would later serve as a Texas senator during the Twenty-third and Twenty-eighth legislatures." Buried in Covington Cemetery. Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Company I, 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant following Battle of Shiloh, April 1862. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Astyanax M. Douglas, M.D.; election results 11/5/1878 and 11/7/1882, [sic]. Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 638-640, crediting the Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, Company C, 6th Mississippi Infantry. Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, p. 639, crediting the Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, "Dr. A.M. Douglass Dead: Former State Senator Passes Away at Cleburne," Waxahachie Daily Light, 3/3/1908, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, pp. 124-125. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
28th Legislature (1903) - A.M. Douglass, Covington, Hill County, nativity Tennessee, age 64 (born circa 1839), physician, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
Biographical sketch, Astyanax M. Douglass, p. 267. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
"Mrs. Lottie Douglass, wife of State Senator Douglass, dropped dead at Covington." Saturday 1/23/1904, p. 6. Victoria Advocate .