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Thomas A. Rodriguez

T.A. Rodriguez
Full Name: Thomas A. Rodriguez
Other surnames: Rodriquez
Birth date: December 31, 1839
Death date: April 8, 1903

Terms of Service

  • House, 27th (1) (5) (8) (9) Legislature
    1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
    Democrat
  • House, 23rd (3) Legislature
    1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
    Democrat
  • House, 17th (2) (4) (6) (7) Legislature
    4/6/1882 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
(1) Redistricting bill shows Bexar County in district 90. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Newly elected members were sworn on April 6, 1882, including: "Owen Brown, Hal Geiger, Seth Stewart and T. P. Rodrigues [sic]." "Special session of the Seventeenth Legislature," p. 1, 4/7/1882. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Anchorage post office closed in 1935. Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) In his first campaign Rodriguez defeated a third-party candidate by a majority of 6,000 votes. Handbook of Texas Online .
(5) District 90. House Journal .
(6) Assumed democrat based on party affiliation in other sessions, service in Confederate Army, attendance at party conventions, or information included in biographical sketches. Legislative Reference Library .
(7) Thomas A. Rodriguez, in special election 9/17/1881, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Donald P. Marr, resigned 6/23/1881. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(8) District 90. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(9) District 60. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Death notice, "Hon. T.A. Rodriguez Dead: A Former Member of the Legislature from the San Antonio District Passes Away," 4/9/1903, p. 1. El Paso Herald .
  • Thomas A. Rodriguez, death date 3/8/1903 on grave marker, burial in San Fernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, with spouse M.J. Susanna Rodriguez. Find a Grave .
  • Rodriguez attended the Atascosa County democratic convention and was elected delegate to the Galveston convention, p. 8, 3/26/1880. Galveston Daily News .
  • RODRIGUEZ, THOMAS A. (1839-1903). Rodriguez regularly attended state, county, and district Democratic conventions. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Biographical sketch, p. 54. Journey to Latino Political Representation 2007.
  • Mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature 2018.
  • Obituary, 4/9/1903, p. 3. "Hon. Thomas A. Rodriguez died yesterday afternoon at his residence . . . " Death date 4/8/1903. San Antonio Daily Light .
  • Biographical sketch, Thomas A. Rodriquez, pp. 119-120. Born 12/31/1839 in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.
  • Confederate States Army, Lieutenant T.A. Rodriguez, adjutant of Colonel Santos Benavides, p. 117. Tomas A. Rodriguez, 2nd Lieutenant Company H, 8th Texas Infantry; Lieutenant, Ragsdale's Battalion of Texas Cavalry; Captain and Adjutant, Benavides' Regiment, Appendix A: Confederates, p. 180. Vaqueros in Blue and Gray 2000.
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