Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Reed Nelson Weisiger

Full Name: Reed Nelson Weisiger
Birth date: May 2, 1838
Death date: September 12, 1908

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.N. Weisiger, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, R.N. Weisiger, "Mr. Weisiger Joins Great Majority: Venerable Gentleman Passed Away at His Home Near Victoria Today: Soldier and Statesman: Was Frequently Mentioned for Governor, but Declined to Offer for High Office," Saturday afternoon, 9/12/1908, p. 1. Daily Advocate (Victoria, Texas) .
Reed Nelson Weisiger, death date 9/12/1908 in Victoria. Mentioned in biographical sketch of his son Robert Sidney Weisiger, Volume II, p. 584. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, Waller's Battalion of Green's Brigade. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
Biographical sketch, R.N. Weisiger, pp. 464-466. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Reed N. Wesiger, pp. 225-226. Born 5/2/1838 in Danville, Kentucky, parents Joseph and Isabella Reed Weisiger, married Annie Callender 6/15/1875 in Victoria. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Reed Nelson WEISIGER, born 5/2/1838 in Danville, Kentucky; died 9/12/1908 in Victoria. Father Dr. Joseph Weisiger, mother Isabella Reed. The Family History and Genealogy of Arden Gremmert and Eva Doherty 2001.
Vignettes of Victoria County - WEISIGER, Reed N., born 1838, died 1909. Victoria County, TXGenWeb Project .