Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Volney Howard

Full Name: Volney Erskine Howard
Birth date: October 22, 1809
Death date: May 14, 1889

(1) Not present at organization of the House on 2/16/1846; Howard sworn 3/16/1846, p. 162. House Journal .

Biography, pp. 385-390. Incorrectly states Mr. Howard was elected to the Senate of the state of Texas. Bench and Bar of Texas 1885.
Biographical sketch, pp. 107-108. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
HOWARD, Volney Erskine (1809-1889). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present .
HOWARD, VOLNEY ERSKINE (1809-1889). Handbook of Texas Online .
RUNNELS, HIRAM GEORGE (1796-1857). H.G. Runnels was the uncle of Texas governor Hardin R. Runnels. Volney E. Howard injured in duel with Hiram Runnels in 1840. Relatives: Hiram G. Runnels: uncle; Hardin R. Runnels and Howell Runnels: nephews. Handbook of Texas Online .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office 2006.
Obituary, 5/15/1889, Los Angeles Times, p. 2. Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library .
Biographical sketch includes passages from an obituary from a "leading daily newspaper of Los Angeles." Fulmore, Z.T. "General Volney Howard," Vol. 14, No. 2, October 1910, pp. 146-149. Southwestern Historical Quarterly .