Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Marshall Harrison

Full Name: James Marshall Harrison
Birth date: February 21, 1818
Death date: January 3, 1899

Terms of Service

House, 18th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
House, 13th Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
House, 8th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
House, 7th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859

(1) Mills Point, Van Zandt County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(2) Wood County was established from part of Van Zandt County in 1850. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) District No. 18, Wood County, James M. Harrison. House Journal .
(4) Canton, Van Zandt County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(6) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. Harrison, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. James Marshal Harrison, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. J.M. Harrison, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Harrison, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Harrison, State Preservation Board