Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Irvine Perkins

Full Name: James Irvine Perkins
Birth date: August 30, 1847
Death date: February 25, 1923

Terms of Service

House, 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
Senate, 28th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
House, 27th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat

(1) District 26 is composed of Cherokee County, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Rusk, Texas. House Journal .
(3) Rusk, Cherokee County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(5) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) Houston County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(7) Incorrectly states member's district is 36. Texas Legislative Manual .
(8) Rusk. Texas Legislative Manual .
(9) Rusk. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, R.S., 2/26/1923, p. 994. Resolutions - Memorial .
38th Legislature, R.S., SCR 18, 2/26/1923, pp. 737-738. "We have been advised of his death on February 25, 1923." Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. J.I. Perkins, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.I. Perkins, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jas. I. Perkins, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, James Irvine Perkins, pp. 163-164. Born 8/30/1847 at San Augustine, served as state senator and member of the House of Representatives; died 2/25/1923 at Rusk. A History of Cherokee County (Texas) 1934.
Biographical sketch, James Irvine Perkins, Volume III, pp. 1272-1273. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
James Irvine Perkins, birth date 8/30/1847 at San Augustine, Texas, death date 2/26/1923 at Rusk, Texas, burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County. Includes biographical sketch; death notice from Austin American, 2/26/1923. Find a Grave .
James I. Perkins marriage to Mysta Blake, 3/21/1876, p. 98. Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1824-1881 1968.
Obituary (partial), "Judge James I. Perkins Called by Death," The Champion (Center, Shelby County, Texas), 2/28/1923, p. 1, crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library. "In 1900 he was elected flotorial representative, and in 1902 he was elected to the State Senate. In both houses he rendered distinguished service . . . In 1920 Judge Perkins was again elected to the Legislature . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, Lane's regiment, Major's brigade, Green's division, and others, enlisted April 1864. Biographical sketch, James I. Perkins, pp. 116-117. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.
Biographical sketch, James I. Perkins, pp. 116-117. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.