Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James K. Polk Record

Full Name: James K. Polk Record
Birth date: October 29, 1834
Death date: January 16, 1872

(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal .
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.

Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: J.K.P. Record, Dallas, Dallas County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 31 in 1866 (born circa 1835). Senate Journal .

Photograph. J.K.P. Record, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

J.K.P. Record, birth date 10/29/1834, death date 1/16/1872 in Dallas, burial in Pioneer Cemetery, Dallas. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Death of J.K.P. Record," and "Tribute of Respect," memorial resolution of Tannehill Lodge, No. 52, F. & A.M., Dallas Herald, 1/20/1872, p. 2. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Historical marker, James K. Polk Record, Pioneer Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Birth date 10/29/1834, death date 1/16/1872. "J.K.P. Record became the District Attorney for Dallas in 1860. He left that office to serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but returned here after the conflict. In 1866, he became a State Senator and served as a delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1866." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .