Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John E. Woods

Full Name: John E. Woods
Birth date: November 13, 1839
Death date: March 14, 1915

Terms of Service

Senate, 20th ⁽³⁾ & 19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1885 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/4/1887, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
House, 18th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(3) 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) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. John Woods, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.S. Woods, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John Woods, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Volume II, John Woods and son W.G. Lee Woods, pp. 311-313. John Woods married Mary E. (Reishinger) Woods. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated 1907.
Biographical sketch, Volume I, John Woods, pp. 345-347. President of Woods National Bank of San Antonio, born in Alabama, son of John and Elizabeth (Foley) Woods, settled in Lavaca County 1853. Served in House of Representatives and Senate from Lavaca County. Marriage to Miss Mary Rabb in 1861, two sons W.F. and W.G. Lee Woods, removed to Del Rio, Val Verde County, in 1889. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated 1907.
John Woods, birth date 11/13/1839 in Rodgersville, Alabama; death date 3/14/1915 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; father John Woods, mother Mary Elizabeth Foley. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 . Amendment and affidavit - John S. Woods
John E. Woods, birth date 11/13/1839, death date 3/14/1915, burial in Anchor Masonic Lodge Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Includes reprint of obituary from the San Antonio Light, 3/15/1915. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, John Woods, p. 92. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Biographical sketch, John Woods, pp. 88-89. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Obituary, "John Woods Dies," 3/15/1915, p. 5. Formerly president of Woods' National Bank, survived by sons W.F. Woods of San Antonio and W.G. Lee Woods of Del Rio. San Antonio Light .
Biographical sketch, p. 264. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Biographical sketch, p. 344. Born in Alabama, settled in Lavaca County 1853, marriage to Mary E. Ricinger of Fayette County. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.