Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry Dearborn McDonald

Full Name: Henry Dearborn McDonald
Birth date: September 21, 1847
Death date: April 22, 1925

Terms of Service

Senate, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ & 20th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/11/1887 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/8/1889, Regular Session.

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) 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) .
(3) 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) .
(4) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. H.D. McDonald, State Preservation Board
Photograph. H.D. McDonald, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "Judge H.D. M'Donald Expires, Succumbed in Office Wednesday," 4/23/1925, p. 1. Died 4/22/1925 in Paris. Former state senator and one of leading attorneys in North Texas. Corpus Christi Times .
H.D. McDonald, birth date 9/21/1846 in Lamar County, death date 4/22/1925 in Paris, Lamar County, attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Henry D. McDonald, death date 4/22/1925, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Henry Dearborn McDonald, in "The History of Lamar County: Gaines—Lightfoot—McDonald," 10/3/1937, p. 12. Paris News .
Biographical sketch, Henry D. McDonald of Paris, "Backward Glances (From the Scrapbooks of the Late A.W. Neville, Editor of The Paris News, 1936-1956)," 4/21/1960, p. 4. Paris News .
Biographical sketch, Henry D. McDonald, pp. 82-83. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Henry D. McDonald, pp. 181-182. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, pp. 366-367. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.