Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Frank Rainey

Full Name: Frank Rainey
Birth date: November 16, 1836
Death date: February 2, 1914

Terms of Service

House, 14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/15/1874
Democrat
House, 13th Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
House, 12th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
10/31/1871 - 1/14/1873

(1) "From Crockett," 4/16/1874, p. 1. Proceedings of "the Democratic convention, to select candidates to fill the vacancies occasioned in the Legislature by the death of the Hon. J.L. [J.T.] Smith, and the resignation of Dr. Frank Rainey from the Third Senatorial District . . . Dr. J.H. Stuart and W.W. Davis, both of Houston county, were chosen . . . the men selected are tried and true Democrats." Galveston Daily News .
(2) William W. Davis, in special election 11/3/1874, sworn 1/12/1875, succeeded Frank Rainey, resigned 4/15/1874. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Joe R. Burnett, sworn 2/15/1870, succeeded A.D. Elam, member-elect, declared ineligible 2/14/1870. John C. English, sworn 1/11/1871, succeeded Joe R. Burnett, resigned. Frank Rainey, sworn 10/31/1871, succeeded John C. English, unseated in election contest 4/17/1871. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Frank Rainey, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Frank Rainey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Rainey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Frank Rainey, death date 2/2/1914 in Austin, Travis County, age 78, retired physician. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Frank Rainey, death date 2/2/1914, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County. Includes portrait and advertisements for Dr. Frank Rainey's drug store from The Crockett Sentinel. Find a Grave .
RAINEY, FRANK (1836-1914). Birth date 11/16/1836, death date 2/2/1914. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Dr. Frank Rainey, Superintendent of the Institute for the Blind, pp. 72-73. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Frank Rainey, Superintendent of the Institute for the Blind, pp. 33-34. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Frank Rainey, M.D., Superintendent of the Institute for the Blind, pp. 99-100. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Frank Rainey, Superintendent of the Institute for the Blind, pp. 134-135. Born 11/16/1838 in Alabama. Member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th Legislatures. Appointed Superintendent of the Institute for the Blind by Governor Coke in May 1874. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Obituary, "Dr. Frank Rainey Is Dead," The Austin Statesman, 2/3/1914, p. 8. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Dr. Frank Rainey, born 11/16/1836 near Clinton, Alabama. Yeary, Mamie. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, Dallas, Texas, pp. 625-628. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, Captain Tucker's Company at Palestine; Company H, 5th Texas Cavalry; assistant surgeon, Col. Riley's 4th Texas Cavalry. Biographical sketch, pp. 192-193. "Dr. Rainey was 'born a democrat' and has never departed from that political faith." Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
Obituary, Dr. Frank Rainey, Volume IX, Number 12, April 1914, p. 395. Texas State Journal of Medicine 1905.
Biographical sketch, Dr. Frank Rainey, pp. 364-365. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.