Terms of Service

• Senate, 8th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  11/7/1859 - 1/4/1861
   
  

(1) Franklin Sexton succeeded Henry C. Wallace, resigned 1/4/1861; Sexton did not appear. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(3) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Henry Wallace, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

• Confederate States Army, Private, Company of Infantry in Col. R. Waterhouse's Regiment. Hy. C. Wallace, age 32, enlisted 3/30/1862 at San Augustine. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1850 - Henry C. Wallace, San Augustine, San Augustine County, age 21, born circa 1829 in Virginia.
  Census of 1870 - Henry C. Wallace, Tarrant County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Virginia, attorney at law.
  Census of 1900 - Henry C. Wallace, Tarrant County, age 72, born September 1828 in Virginia, wife Rebecca L. Wallace. FamilySearch . 1900 1870
1850
• Henry Clarkson Wallace (1828-1900), burial in Mount Gilead Cemetery, Keller, Tarrant County. Find a Grave .

Committee Information

• 8th R.S. - 1859
• Convention to Frame a New State Constitution  
• Judiciary  
• Penitentiary  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Revenue Laws  
• Treasurer's Books and Accounts