Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Caleb Jackson Garrison

Full Name: Caleb Jackson "Cale" Garrison
Birth date: May 31, 1827
Death date: November 14, 1901

Terms of Service

Senate, 20th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ & 19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1885 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 3/9/1887, Regular Session.
House, 18th ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 16th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
House, 15th Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(2) "Cale Garrison was again Senator from Dist. 2 for 19th and 20th Sessions (1885-88), listing his residence as Henderson." After wife Elizabeth's death in Nov. 1899, "remained in Henderson until son, Homer, took him to his home in Kickapoo, Anderson Co., TX." p. 72. Descendants of Caleb Garrison Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1797-1966 1966.
(3) Census of 1860 - C.J. Garrison, Beat No. 1, Henderson, Rusk County. Census of 1870 - Caleb J. Garrison, Henderson, Rusk County. Census of 1880 - Caleb J. Garrison, Justice Precinct No. 5, Rusk County; Henderson "1 precinct" is separate Census location. FamilySearch . 1880
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(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(5) GLENFAWN, TX. Handbook of Texas Online .
(6) Henderson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) "In 1851 he immigrated to Texas, and stopped for two years at Caledonia, then established himself at Henderson, Rusk county, where has since continued to live," p. 104. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
(8) Glen Fawn, Rusk County, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(9) Caleb J. Garrison, Henderson. 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) .
(10) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(11) "Caleb Jackson Garrison, of Glen Fawn, Rusk County . . . moved in February, 1851, to Glen Fawn," p. 338. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. C.J. Garrison, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.J. Garrison, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.J. Garrison, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.J. Garrison, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Capt. Thomas Smith Garrison, Volume III, pp. 1410-1411. Born 5/17/1837 in Carroll County, Georgia. Relatives: Caleb Garrison and Thomas Smith Garrison - brothers. Relatives: Thomas Smith Garrison - grandfather; Gary Bonner Sanford [son of Adele Bonner Garrison Sanford] - grandson. Relatives: Caleb Garrison - great-uncle; Gary Bonner Sanford - great-nephew. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Biographical sketch, Caleb Jackson Garrison (Cale, C.J.), born 5/31/1827, died 11/14/1901, pp. 66, 71-73. Descendants of Caleb Garrison Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1797-1966 1966.
Calculated relationship based on James Freeborn Garrison, Susan Mandeville Garrison, and Edgar Hubbard Carter family group sheets. Relatives: Edgar Hubbard Carter and Gary Bonner Sanford - cousins once removed. Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy 2001. Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy

Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy

GARRISON, CALEB JACKSON (1828-ca. 1901). Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Company K, 14th Texas Cavalry, Col. Matthew D. Ector's brigade, later consolidated with 10th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, C.J. Garrison, pp. 79-80. Born 5/31/1828 in Carroll County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Biographical sketch, Caleb Jackson Garrison, p. 104. Born 5/31/1828 in Carroll County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, pp. 65-66. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, pp. 253-254. Born in 1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Biographical sketch, Caleb Jackson Garrison of Glenfawn, Rusk County, born 5/31/1827, pp. 250-251. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.