Terms of Service

• Senate, 1st ^{(1) (2) (3) (4)} Legislature
  2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847
   
  

(1) 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) .
(2) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(3) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal .
(4) 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, p. 160. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
• Census of 1850 - Jesse J. Robinson, Sabinetown, Sabine County, age 49, born circa 1801 in South Carolina, lawyer.
  Census of 1860 - Jesse J. Roberson, Sabine, Sabine County, age 63, born circa 1797 in North Carolina, farmer. FamilySearch . 1860 1850
• Burial in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, no gravestone photo. Includes quote from "The History of Sabine County Texas", by Ettie Elliott, pg 5. "The first State Senator from District 6 was Jesse J. Robinson. He was born in North Carolina in 1797, came to Texas in 1840, and settled at Sabinetown. He never married. He died Feburary 18, 1862, and was buried near Harpers Chapel." Find a Grave .
• ROBINSON, JESSE J. (1797-1862). Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 1st R.S. - 1846
• Education  
• Judiciary