Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry William Lightfoot

Full Name: Henry William Lightfoot
Birth date: December 29, 1846
Death date: August 27, 1901

Terms of Service

Senate, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 12/31/1882
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) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(4) 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/3/1901, p. 142. Resolutions - Memorial .
27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/3/1901, p. 241. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. H.W. Lightfoot, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. H.W. Lightfoot, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

LIGHTFOOT, HENRY W. (1846-1901). "He was elected to the state Senate in 1880 and resigned in 1882." Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News .
Biographical sketch, Judge Henry William Lightfoot, in "The History of Lamar County: Gaines—Lightfoot—McDonald," 10/3/1937, p. 12. Paris News .
Biographical sketch, p. 229. "He was elected to the state Senate in 1880; resigned the position in 1882 to give his undivided attetion to his law practice." Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.