Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Winfield Scott Dancy

Full Name: John (Jon) Winfield Scott Dancy
Birth date: September 3, 1810
Death date: February 13, 1866

Terms of Service

House, 6th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
Senate, 4th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
Senate, 2nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) District No. 58, represented Bastrop, Fayette, and Travis counties. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(4) Census of 1860 - John W. Dancy, Oso post office, Fayette County, age 49, born circa 1811 in Virginia. FamilySearch .
(5) Speaker declared Rep. Dancy out of order for sitting within the bar of the House without a coat. Motion made for Sergeant-at-arms to take Dancy into custody, 8/21/1856, p. 463. House Journal .
(6) Sergeant-at-arms dispatched after Rep. Dancy, "who made his escape through the window" during a call of the House, 8/25/1856, p. 505. House Journal .
(7) 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) .
(8) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .
(9) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal .
(10) Jon W.S. Dancy, Travis County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Jon W. Dancy. Senate Journal . 2nd R.S.

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, John Winfield Dancy, p. 74. ". . . came to Texas, 12/28/1836. He settled in Fayette County and for many years practiced law at La Grange," died at La Grange, 2/13/1866. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
Biographical sketch, John Winfield Scott Dancy, p. 77. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
DANCY, JOHN WINFIELD SCOTT (1810-1866). Handbook of Texas Online .
Jon W. Dancy. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Table II, Constitutional Unionists
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.
Biographical sketch, Jon Winfield Scott Dancy, p. 188. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
Biographical information included in "The Lena Dancy Homespun Dress," Vicki Betts, Professional Librarian Cataloging and Reference .