Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Clark

Full Name: James "Jim" Clark, Jr.
Birth date: March 19, 1838
Death date: December 16, 1910

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Walnut Grove. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Walnut Grove was located eight miles east of Stephensborough in Red River County. The post office was discontinued on 10/14/1891. Jim Wheat's Postmasters & Post Offices of Texas, 1846-1930. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
(5) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J. Clark, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company I, 29th Texas Cavalry, enlistment date 8/1/1862, muster Company I, transfer to Company C. Jim Clark, birth date 3/19/1838, death date 12/16/1910 in Red River County, burial in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Red River County. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
Biographical sketch, James Clark, born 3/19/1838, p. 171. Mentioned on p. 331 in biographical sketch of his mother, Isabella Haddon Gordon (Isabella Hopkins), pp. 331-333. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Census of 1880 - Jim Clark, Red River County, farmer, born circa 1838 in Texas. FamilySearch .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company I, 29th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Captain James Clark, birth date 3/19/1838, death date 12/16/1910, biographical sketch, portrait, burial in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch of the Clark family, Introduction to The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County, pp. xiii-xvii. "Capt. Jim Clark died in 1910." HeritageQuest Online .
Portrait of Captain James Clark, The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. HeritageQuest Online .
"Historic Clarks of Red River County," from The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County, pp. 109-113. "Jim Clark joined the Confederate Army and served through the entire War." HeritageQuest Online .
Portrait and biographical sketch, James Clark, pp. 122-124. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch and portrait, James Clark, Opah, born 3/19/1838, pp. 191-192. "Sound Jeffersonian Democrat." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.