Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John W. Posey

Full Name: John W. Posey
Birth date: October 10, 1840
Death date: June 14, 1911

Terms of Service

House, 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
2/9/1870 - 1/14/1873

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/9/1870. House Journal .
(2) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

J.W. Posey. House Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. John W. Posey, Austin History Center

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, J.W. Posey, Volume II, pp. 685-686. .
Confederate States Army, Captain. Served in Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. .
Capt. J.W. Posey, birth date 10/10/1840 in South Carolina; death date 6/14/1911 in Granger, Williamson County, Texas; city attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.W. Posey (1840-1911), burial in Granger City Cemetery, Granger, Williamson County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Mortuary: Captain John W. Posey," 6/16/1911, p. 2, Granger, Tex., dateline June 15. "Served this county in the legislature in the reconstruction days of the '60s"; Granger city attorney at time of death. Galveston Daily News .
J.M. Posey. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .