Texas Legislators: Past & Present

George Bernard Erath

Full Name: George Bernard Erath
Birth date: January 1, 1813
Death date: May 13, 1891

Terms of Service

Senate, 14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
Senate, 9th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 1/14/1862
Senate, 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ & 7th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislatures
11/2/1857 - 11/4/1861
House, 1st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
2/17/1846 - 12/13/1847

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, 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) Not present at organization of the House on 2/16/1846. Erath and Millican sworn on 2/17/1846, p. 7. House Journal .
(4) George Burney, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded George B. Erath, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(6) Listed in "New Senators elected: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(9) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the short term" (two years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(10) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment called by Districts, oath of office administered, 11/2/1857, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(11) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover senators), 11/7/1859, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(12) "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.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. G.B. Erath, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Capt. Geo. B. Erath, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 80-81. Birth date 1/1/1813. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company I, 15th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, George B. Erath, birth date 1/1/1813, death date 5/13/1891, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. George Bernhard Erath, birth date 1/1/1813 in Vienna, Austria, death date 5/13/1891 in Waco, Texas, grave marker with Lucinda Chalmers Erath. Includes portraits, biographical information, and news articles from the Waco Tribune Herald. Find a Grave .
ERATH, GEORGE BERNARD (1813-1891). Birth date 1/1/1813. Handbook of Texas Online .
Texan Volunteers, Private, Company C, 1st Regiment, Texas Revolution. Confederate States Army, 15th Texas Infantry. Commander, Major, Second Frontier District. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
"In July, 1835, he joined the Texas troops, and continued to serve the country faithfully in the war of Independence and in various Indian campaigns. He was in the battle of San Jacinto . . . served on the frontier as a Ranger in 1836, 1837, 1838, in most every grade. In 1839, he was elected Captain, and commanded on the frontier, West of the Brazos and East of the Colorado, till late in 1841. He went in Somerville's campaign in 1842. Came off from battle, with guard in 1843." Capt. Geo. B. Erath. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company I, 15th Texas Infantry; Commander of Second Frontier District. George Bernard Erath. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.