Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Ernst Gustav Maetze

Full Name: Ernst Gustav Maetze
Birth date: September 20, 1817
Death date: October 12, 1891

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ & 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1889 - 10/12/1891
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/13/1891, Regular Session.

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) William W. Searcy, sworn 3/14/1892, succeeded Ernst G. Maetze, died 10/12/1891. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) J. Maetz, Senate District 12. List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., 3/14/1892, pp. 283-294. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. E.G. Maetze, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.G. Maetze, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

E.G. Maetze, birth date 9/12/1817, death date 10/12/1891, burial in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County. Find a Grave .
MAETZE, ERNST GUSTAV (1817-1891). Birth date 9/20/1817, death date 10/12/1891. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in MILLHEIM, TEXAS: "In the 1850s E. G. Maetze started the first school at the settlement, with courses conducted in German." Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, E.G. Maetze, pp. 208-209. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Sayles' Brigade, Texas Militia, 1861. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Listed in Democratic State Convention, 1888, one of delegates to national convention, p. 258. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas 1916.
Tribute to E.G. Maetze by Charles Nugel, "Notes and Fragments," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 20, Number 4, April 1917, p. 413, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch. Regenbrecht, Adalbert. "The German Settlers of Millheim Before the Civil War," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 20, Number 1, July 1916, pp. 28-34, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, "Death of Senator E.G. Maetze," Brenham Weekly Banner, 10/15/1891, p. 6. "He was often referred to in the sessions of the Texas legislature as 'The Father of the Senate,' so honored and beloved was he." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, p. 392. Born 9/20/1817 in Glogan, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.