Terms of Service

• House, 9th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/19/1863 - 11/2/1863
   
  
• House, 6th Legislature
  11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
   
  
• House, 4th Legislature
  11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
   
  

(1) James Hooker, in special election 1/19/1863, succeeded Louis Starr, removed from district. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• HOOKER, JAMES (1807-1865). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.

Committee Information

• 9th R.S. - 1861
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 6th R.S. - 1855
• Claims and Accounts  
• Constitutional Amendments, Select  
• Land Office  
• Penitentiary  
• 4th R.S. - 1851
• Contingent Expenses  
• Enumeration  
• Penitentiary