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) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Elected as a democrat. Handbook of Texas Online .
(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. Anson Rainey, Texas Jurists Collection
• Photograph. A. Rainey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• RAINEY, ANSON (1848-1922). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, Hon. Anson Rainey, pp. 377-378. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.

Committee Information

• 17th R.S. - 1881
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Engrossed Bills  
• Insurance, Statistics and History of Texas  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Lands  
• Public Printing  
• Retrenchment and Reform  
• Senatorial and Representative Districts