Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Andrew J. Ball

Full Name: Andrew J. Ball
Birth date: August 17, 1833
Death date: February 26, 1923

Terms of Service

Senate, 14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
Senate, 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) "Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.
(6) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. A.J. Ball, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. A.J. Ball, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Ball, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Andrew J. Ball, birth date Aug. 1832 in Mason County, Kentucky, death date 2/26/1923 in Burnet. Census of 1860 and 1880, Parker County; Fauntleroy BALL / "Matthews, MATHIS" family tree. Ancestry.com .
Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant and later Captain, 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Company E (also known as the 8th Regiment Texas Infantry, and as Young's Regiment). A.J. Ball, born 1832 or 1833 in Mason County, Kentucky, died 2/26/1923 in Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas. Pension File No. 38281, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
Obituary, "A.J. Ball Pioneer of Texas Dies in Dallas County," Farmers Branch, 2/27/1923, p. 1. Captain A.J. Ball, age 90, died Monday, 2/26/1923, at home of brother R.S. Ball. Captain of a Texas regiment during the Civil War. Denton Record-Chronicle .
A.J. Ball, Weatherford, Parker County, born in Kentucky, lawyer, age 39 (born ca. 1834). Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
Biographical sketch, A.J. Ball, pp. 380-382. Born in 8/17/1833 in Mason County, Kentucky, and member of the democratic state convention in 1871. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas 1877.
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.
Andrew J. Ball, Parker County, p. 53. Born 8/17/1833 in Mason County, Kentucky. Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1866 and the 13th and 14th Legislatures of Texas. Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77 1877.
Biographical sketch, Andrew J. Ball, p. 146, born in Mason County, Kentucky in 1832 or 1833. Conservative Democrat, "elected to serve in the 13th and 14th Legislatures." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.
Possibly Capt. A.J. Ball listed in "Civil War Soldiers buried in Parker County," no birth or death dates. TXGenWeb Project .