Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Herman Knittel

Full Name: Herman Knittel
Other surnames: Knittle
Birth date: December 4, 1835
Death date: March 4, 1899

Terms of Service

Senate, 20th ⁽²⁾ & 19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1885 - 1/8/1889
Democrat

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(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) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

H. Knittle on First Day roll call of 19th and 20th Legislatures. Knittel and Knittle in Indexes to 19th and 20th. Senate Journal . 19th First Day 19th Index

20th First Day

20th Index

Photographs

Photograph. H. Knittel, State Preservation Board
Photograph. H. Knittle, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Hermann Knittel, Volume III, p. 1561, included in son-in-law Thomas Watson's sketch. "In 1884 he was elected on the democratic ticket to the Texas State Senate." A History of Texas and Texans 1916.
Confederate States Army, member of Captain Robert Voight's Company, General Waul's Legion, Hood's Brigade, taken prisoner in the siege of Vicksburg. A History of Texas and Texans 1916.
Confederate States Army, 2nd Junior Lieutenant, commanding officer Captain Robert Voight, Company E, Infantry, Waul's Legion. H. Knittel, enlistment date 4/10/1862 in Houston, residence in Washington County. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
Herman Knittel, birth date 12/4/1835, death date 3/4/1899, burial in Mount Zion Cemetery, Burton, Washington County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, H. Knittel, pp. 84-85. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Hermann Knittel, p. 81. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch and portrait, H. Knittel, pp. 624-625. Types of Successful Men of Texas 1890.