John Ireland

Full Name: John "Oxcart John" Ireland
Date of birth: January 1, 1827
Date of death: March 15, 1896

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	27	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Seguin / Guadalupe	Senate President Pro Tempore (14th)	Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays
H	27	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Seguin / Guadalupe		Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

(1) 14th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/13/1874, Regular Session, due to the vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor; and elected 2/15/1875, 2nd Regular Session, due to the extended absence of the President. Senate Journal.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(4) "Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

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Senate District 27
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (14th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Seguin / Guadalupe
Counties in district: Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

House District 27
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Seguin / Guadalupe
Counties in district: Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 306-311. Birth date 1/1/1827. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
Biographical sketch. Collections of the Archive & History Department of the Texas State Library, Executive Series, Governors' Messages, Coke to Ross (Inclusive), 1874-1891, 1916.
Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County," p. 430: ". . . John Ireland, twice elected Governor of the State - 1882 and 1884." Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900.
Biographical sketch, John Ireland, pp. 81-83, pp. 90-95. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
IRELAND, JOHN (1827-1896). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, John Ireland, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1875. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Biographical sketch, pp. 66-67. Birth date 1/1/1827. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, John Ireland, pp. 53-56. Born 1/1/1827 in Hart County, Kentucky. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, pp. 230-231. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Ireland, John. Also known as "Oxcart John." Birth date 1/1/1827 on headstone, death date 3/15/1896. Texas State Cemetery.
Biographical sketch, portrait, letter from the Adjutant General on the fence-cutting wars, message to the Legislature on the new State Capitol, and photo in front of the temporary State Capitol, Portraits of Texas Governors, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Military Service Notes

Mentioned in EIGHTH TEXAS INFANTRY. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, pp. 42-43. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Texas Infantry. John Ireland, birth date 1/21/1827, death date 3/15/1896. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 20, 104, Plate No. 67. Birth date 1/21/1827, death date 3/15/1896. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Governor of Texas 1883-1887. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.
Included on list of "Texas Know Nothing Leaders with a Summary of Biographical Data Taken from the . . . United States Eighth Census, 1860." The party was active at the state level in Texas in 1855 and 1856. "By 1857 the party had virtually disappeared in Texas." "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414-423, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. John Ireland, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John Ireland, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. John Ireland, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John Ireland, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

14th R.S. - 1874 Comptroller and Treasurer Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Education Finance Internal Improvements Judiciary (Chair) Mexican Border Troubles Public Debt Removal of Judge J.B. Williamson, 6th Judicial District Removal of Judge Martin Wheeler, 5th Judicial District
13th R.S. - 1873 Claims and Accounts Communication from the Governor Constitutional Amendments Finance Immigration Laws and Bureau of Immigration Impeachment Managers, John G. Scott, Judge of the Tenth Judicial District (Chair) Impeachment of John G. Scott, Tenth Judicial District, Investigation of Charges (Chair) Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) Late Honorable Louis Frankee, Assassination (Co-Chair) State Indebtedness to the International and Texas Pacific Railroad Companies (Chair)

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