Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert E. Steele

Full Name: Robert E. "Honest Bob" Steele
Birth date: October 1, 1840
Death date: August 15, 1920

Terms of Service

Senate, 24th ⁽³⁾ & 23rd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1893 - 1/12/1897
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
House, 19th Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(2) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.E. Steele, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.E. Steele, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.E. Steele, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.E. Steel, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Robert E. Steele, birth date 10/1/1840, death date 8/15/1920, burial in Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13. Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch, R.E. Steele, p. 49. Born 1840 in Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Biographical sketch, R.E. Steele, pp. 180-181. Born 1840 in Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Confederate States Army, 7th Texas Infantry and Tennessee Army. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 531-532, crediting Palestine Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, R.E. Steele. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 531-532, crediting Palestine Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, Robert E. Steele, The Mexia Weekly Herald, 8/20/1920, p. 7, crediting Gibbs Memorial Library. "Familiarly called 'Honest Bob' . . . known in all his public and private dealings as 'Honest Bob Steele.'" Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, p. 263. Born 1841 in Alabama. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Confederate States Army, Company G, 7th Texas Infantry Regiment. Robert S. Steele, birth date 10/1/1840, death date 8/17/1920. Elected to 18th, 19th, & 20th legislatures, 1883-1885, elected to state Senate in 1892, from 12th district. Burial-Mexia. "Freestone Freemen." Freestone County, TXGenWeb Project .
"Many are here for Mrs. Steele's burial," Mexia Weekly Herald, 2/17/1930. Josephine (Williams) Steele was married 30 Nov 1865 in Freestone County to Robert E. Steele. USGenWeb Project 1996.