Terms of Service

• House, 5th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
   
  

(1) On May 6, 1852, he served as chairman of the state Whig party convention but soon thereafter broke with the party because its presidential nominee, Winfield Scott, opposed slavery. Reily was elected to the House of the Fifth Texas Legislature, 1853-54, as a Democrat. Handbook of Texas Online .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, James Reily, age 42, native state Ohio, emigrated from Mississippi in 1837, lawyer, postoffice Houston, Harris County. House Journal .

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, pp. 157-158. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
• REILY, JAMES (1811-1864). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Captain, Milam Guards. Mexican War, commander of a Texas regiment. Confederate States Army, Colonel, 4th Texas Mounted Volunteers. Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 5th R.S. - 1853
• Federal Relations  
• Internal Improvements  
• Waco to Dallas Mail Transmission, Select