Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Harvey McLeary

Full Name: James Harvey McLeary
Birth date: July 27, 1845
Death date: January 5, 1914

Terms of Service

Senate, 15th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
House, 14th Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal . April 18, 1876
April 27, 1876

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.H. McLeary, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. McLeary, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. McLeary, Texas Jurists Collection

Other Resources

Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
MCLEARY, JAMES HARVEY (1845-1914). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Hon. James Harvey McLeary, pp. 593-597. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
Biographical sketch, pp. 55-57. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, Hon. James Harvey McLeary, pp. 148-150. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.