Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Lane Henry

Full Name: John Lane Henry
Birth date: October 18, 1831
Death date: October 21, 1907

Terms of Service

Senate, 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 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) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

13th Legislature - 1/14/1873, p. 1. Lists J.S. Henry, Sixth District. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. J.L. Henry, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. John L. Henry, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. J.L. Henry, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
Photograph. J.L. Henry, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, 20th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, John Lane Henry, birth date 10/18/1831, death date 10/21/1907, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas. Find a Grave .
HENRY, JOHN LANE (1831-1907). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait, John Lane Henry, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1889-1893. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2004.
Biographical sketch, John L. Henry, Associate Justice, p. 82. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Biographical sketch, p. 63. Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.