Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Solomon H. Pirkey

Full Name: Solomon H. Pirkey
Other surnames: Pirky
Birth date: November 4, 1813
Death date: December 6, 1863

Terms of Service

House, 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
11/12/1859 - 3/18/1861
Senate, 7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ & 6th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
11/5/1855 - 11/7/1859

(1) Pirkey took the oath of office on 11/12/1859, p. 60. House Journal .
(2) Pirkey did not attend Adjourned Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Listed in "Senators holding over: 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) .
(4) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(5) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal .
(6) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Solomon H. Pirky, 6th Legislature, Regular Session, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. Solomon Pirkey, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Other Resources

Census of 1860 - S.H. Pirkey, Beat No. 2, Boston post office, Bowie County, age 45, born circa 1815 in Virginia, lawyer. FamilySearch .
PIRKEY, SOLOMON H. (1813-1863). Handbook of Texas Online .
Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
Mentioned, p. 262 - served in 6th-7th Senate and 8th House, "resigning at the outset of the Civil War." The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.