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James Wilson Henderson

James Wilson Henderson
Full Name: James Wilson Henderson
Birth date: August 15, 1817
Death date: August 30, 1880

Terms of Service

  • House, 8th Legislature
    11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
     
  • House, 7th (1) (3) Legislature
    11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859
     
  • House, 2nd (2) Legislature
    12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
     
    Speaker
(1) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," 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) .
(2) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) 7th Legislature - "Members of Legislature elect," The Southern Intelligencer (Austin, Texas), 8/12/1857, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 2nd Legislature - Address to the legislature upon adjournment sine die, pp. 1136-1138. House Journal .

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