Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Isaac Wright Brashear

Full Name: Isaac Wright Brashear
Birth date: 1811
Death date: September 13, 1859

Terms of Service

Senate, 3rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851
Senate, 2nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
12/15/1847 - 11/5/1849
Senate, 1st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
2/17/1846 - 12/13/1847

(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 approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 2nd Legislature - Not present at the organization of the Senate. Oath of office, 12/15/1847, pp. 6-7. Senate Journal .
(6) 1st Legislature - Not present at organization of the Senate. Oath of office, 2/17/1846, p. 8. Senate Journal .
(7) 1st Legislature - Report of the Committee on Elections on the contested election in Harris County between Messrs Brashear and McAnelly, 2/25/1846, printed in journal 2/27/1846, pp. 47-52. Opinion of the Honorable Antonio Navarro on the contested election in Harris County between Messrs Brashear and McAnelly, 2/24/1845 [sic]. Senate Journal . February 27, 1846
Opinion on the Contested Election in Harris County
(8) 3rd Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office, 11/5/1849, p. 3. Senate Journal .
(9) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal .
(10) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 55-56. "Married in 1833 to Sarah Trott, he came with his father-in-law to Texas in 1838 and engaged in farming near Houston. Later moving into the city . . ." Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
Isaac W. Brashear, death date 9/13/1859 "Aged 48 years," burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Hon. Isaac Wright Brashear, pp. 470-472. "For many years a resident of Houston, being one of the early settlers of this city . . ." History of Texas Together with a Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston 1895.
Obituary, "Col. J.W. Jones Dead," Houston Daily Post, 9/17/1902, p. 6. "Colonel Jones in former years took considerable interest in politics and was elected to the State senate from this district, serving as member of that body from 1882 to 1886." Relatives: Isaac Brashear - father-in-law; James W. Jones - son-in-law. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Discusses contested election in Harris County between Cornelius McAnelly and Isaac W. Brashear, 1st Legislature, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.