Terms of Service

• Senate, 4th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
   
  

(1) 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.
(2) Senate District 8, represented Rusk and Smith counties. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Mentioned in biographical sketch of son Stephen D. Reaves, Volume V, pp. 2644-2645. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
• Stephen Reaves, birth date 9/3/1816, death date 9/25/1905, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave .
• Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Obituary, Judge Stephen Reeves, Galveston Tribune, 10/4/1905, p. 7, crediting Rosenberg Library. "He served one term in the state senate and was, we believe, the first man from Smith county elected to the senate." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch, Judge Stephen Reaves, pp. 323-324. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.
• Biographical notes, p. 210. Lawyer, born in Georgia, came to Tyler in 1846. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Committee Information

• 4th R.S. - 1851
• Apportionment  
• Education  
• Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary