Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Lucius Adolphus Whatley

Full Name: Lucius Adolphus Whatley
Birth date: September 12, 1838
Death date: July 4, 1911

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 4/29/1891
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽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) Henry F. O'Neal, sworn 3/14/1892, succeeded Lucius A. Whatley, resigned 4/29/1891. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 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) .
(5) 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) .
(6) 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. L.A. Whatley, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.A. Whatley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary and photo, Lucius Adolphus Whatley, Volume 19, Number 10, October 1911, p. 488. Born 9/12/1838 in Newton County, Georgia, died at Texarkana, Texas on 7/4/1911. Confederate Veteran .
Census records include various first names - Lucius, Lucian, Lucas. FamilySearch .
L.A. Whatley (1838-1911), burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County. Includes obituary and photo from Confederate Veteran, October 1911. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Maj. Whatley Dead From Runaway . . . Former Texas Legislator: Served in House of Representatives and in Senate in Eighties—Also Superintendent of Penitentiary," 7/5/1911, p. 2. Born 9/12/1938 and died 7/4/1911 at age 73. Galveston Daily News .
Luciess A. Whatley, Democrat, merchant, age 50 in 1889, born in Georgia. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Biographical sketch, Lucius Adolphus Whatley, pp. 191-192. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, Lucius Adolphus Whatley, p. 349. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, Lucius Adolphus Whatley, Superintendent of State Penitentiaries, pp. 126-128. Born 9/12/1838 in Newton County, Georgia, married Emma G. Heard on 1/26/1868. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Confederate States Army, 10th Texas Infantry and 19th Texas Calvary. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.