Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Alexander Breeding

Full Name: James Alexander Breeding
Birth date: December 1844
Death date: July 3, 1915

Terms of Service

House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) "Life-long Democrat." Men of Affairs of Houston and Environs: A Newspaper Reference Work 1913.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.A. Breeding, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.A. Breeding, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

21st Legislature (1889) - James A. Breeding, postoffice Houston, nativity Kentucky, age 44, lawyer, 12 years in Texas, Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
Census of 1900 - James Breeding, Houston, Harris County, age 55, born December 1844 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Hattie R. FamilySearch .
James A. Breeding (1844-1915), burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
James A. Breeding (1844-1915), burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Includes portrait, obituary from The Houston Post, 7/3/1915. Find a Grave .
Portrait and biographical sketch, James Alexander Breeding, p. 39. Born in Adair County, Kentucky, marriage to Hattie R. Mullen, 12/16/1868. Men of Affairs of Houston and Environs: A Newspaper Reference Work 1913.
Obituary, "James A. Breeding Has Passed Away . . . Was State Legislator, District Judge, Justice of the Peace . . . ," The Houston Post, 7/3/1915, p. 7. Born 1844 in Adair County, Kentucky. Memorial resolution of Houston Bar Association, "Tribute to Member: Committee of Bar Association Drafted Memorial to Judge Breeding," The Houston Post, 7/7/1915, p. 7. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . July 3, 1915 July 7, 1915
23rd Legislature (1893) - J.A. Breeding, postoffice Houston, nativity Kentucky, lawyer, 17 years in Texas, member of previous legislature: 21st, no age listed. Texas Legislative Manual .