Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Kemp Holland

Full Name: James Kemp Holland
Birth date: March 10, 1822
Death date: May 26, 1898

Terms of Service

House, 9th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
2/2/1863 - 11/2/1863
Senate, 5th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
House, 3rd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851

(1) James K. Holland, sworn 2/2/1863. succeeded James G. McDonald, resigned 5/2/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Portrait, 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session. House Journal .
5th Legislature - Roll of Members, James K. Holland, [age 31], native state Tennessee, emigrated from Mississippi, planter, postoffice Carthage, Panola County. House Journal .

Other Resources

Mexican War, 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, 2nd Texas Mounted Volunteers. Military grave marker, James Kemp Holland, born 1822, death date 5/26/1898, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County. Find a Grave .
HOLLAND, JAMES KEMP (1822-1898). Relatives: Spearman Holland - father, James Kemp Holland - son. Handbook of Texas Online .
"Cousins Meet, Find Relatives," 10/13/2004. Discussion of Spearman, Bird, James Kemp, and William H. Holland. Spearman Holland also served in the Tennessee Legislature from 1831-1833. Pleasanton Express .
Biographical sketch, p. 244. Born in 1822. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
Biographical sketches of Spearman, Bird, James Kemp, and William H. Holland. Relatives: Spearman and Bird Holland - brothers; Spearman Holland - father, James Kemp Holland - son; Bird Holland - uncle, James Kemp Holland - nephew. Rusk County, TXGenWeb Project .
"Kemp Holland, His Children and Grandchildren," research compiled by Sandra G. Holland, Pleasanton, Texas. Bird Holland, birth date 3/23/1815 in Williamson County, Tennessee, death date 4/9/1864 in Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Working File 2004.