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Alexis Theodore Rainey

A.T. Rainey
Full Name: Alexis Theodore Rainey
Birth date: June 5, 1822
Death date: May 17, 1891

Terms of Service

  • House, 19th Legislature
    1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
    Democrat
  • House, 18th (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/8/1884 - 1/13/1885
    Democrat
  • House, 15th (1) Legislature
    4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
    Democrat
  • Senate, 8th (5) (7) (9) Legislature
    11/7/1859 - 2/13/1860
     
  • House, 7th (6) (8) Legislature
    11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859
     
(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) "The State Legislature: Proceedings of the Extra Session, House," 1/9/1884, p. 1. "Members-elect were qualified: R.D. Allison of Collin County, Sterling Fisher of Hays County, A.T. Rainey of Anderson County, John L. Galt of Wood County. . ." Galveston Daily News .
(3) 18th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Newly elected members presented their credentials and took oath of office, 1/8/1884, p. 1: Sterling Fisher of Hays County, A.T. Rainey of Anderson, John L. Galt of Wood, and R.D. Allison of Collin. House Journal .
(4) Alexis T. Rainey, in special election 8/14/1883, sworn 1/8/1884, succeeded William H. Tucker, died 6/5/1883. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Steward Miller, sworn 1/21/1861, succeeded Alexis T. Rainey, resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(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) .
(7) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(8) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.
(9) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Delegate to the Secession Convention, p. 100. A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685 to 1897 .
  • Confederate States Army, Colonel, Company H, 1st Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade. Military grave marker, Alexis T. Rainey, birth date 6/5/1822, death date 5/17/1891, burial in Pilgrim Cemetery, Elkhart, Anderson County. Includes biographical sketch of Alexis Theodore Rainey transcribed from Texans Who Wore the Gray, photos, and drawing of Lt. Col. Alexis T. Rainey, Company H, 1st Texas Guards, Anderson County. Find a Grave .
  • Mentioned in WORK, PHILIP ALEXANDER (1832-1911). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • RAINEY, ALEXIS T. (1822-1891). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Biographical sketch, A.T. Rainey, p. 43. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
  • A.T. Rainey of Anderson attended Democratic State Conventions of 1859 and 1860, pp. 80, 81; Secession Convention of 1860 and signed Ordinance of Secession, p. 93; and Democratic State Convention of 1872 (Committee on Presidential Electors), p. 144. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas 1916.
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 86-88. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
  • Biographical sketch and portrait, A.T. Rainey. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
  • Portrait and biographical sketch. 1st Texas Infantry Regiment. Texas Brigade .
  • Alexis Theodore Rainey, birth date 6/5/1822, death date 5/17/1891. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
  • Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
  • Colonel, 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, p. 18, portrait, Plate No. 38. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.
  • Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .
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