Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Nathaniel Henderson

Full Name: John Nathaniel Henderson
Birth date: February 26, 1843
Death date: December 22, 1907

Terms of Service

Senate, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Elected as a democrat, p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(5) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. John N. Henderson, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. J.N. Henderson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Courtesy of family of Samuel Red Henderson:
Samuel Red Henderson, birth date 8/19/1853 at Washington on the Brazos, Washington County; death date 2/25/1908 in Bryan, Brazos County; buried in Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County.
Thomas Stalworth Henderson, birth date 1/12/1859 at Washington on the Brazos, Washington County; death date 2/17/1937 at Cameron, Milam County; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County.
Relatives: Thomas Stalworth Henderson, Samuel Red Henderson, and John Nathaniel Henderson, brothers. Donated Material .
HENDERSON, JOHN NATHANIEL (1843-1907). Handbook of Texas Online .
HENDERSON, THOMAS STALWORTH (1859-1937). Death date 2/17/1937. Relatives: Thomas Stalworth Henderson, Samuel Red Henderson, and John Nathaniel Henderson, brothers. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Thomas Stalworth Henderson, Volume II, p. 740. Mentions brothers John Nathaniel Henderson and Samuel Red Henderson. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.
Biographical sketch and portrait, John Nathaniel Henderson, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1894-1907. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2004.