Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Postell Douglas

Full Name: James Postell Douglas
Other surnames: Douglass
Birth date: January 7, 1836
Death date: November 27, 1901

Terms of Service

Senate, 15th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
4/24/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
Senate, 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
2/10/1870 - 1/14/1873

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - J.P. Douglas declined qualifying, 2/8/1870, p. 4; qualified 2/10/1870, p. 5. Senate Journal . February 8, 1870
February 10, 1870
(2) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 15th Legislature - Not present at organization of the Senate on 4/18/1876. Oath of office administered, 4/24/1876, p. 72. In drawing of Senatorial terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal . April 24, 1876
April 27, 1876
(4) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.P. Douglass, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. "Dr. Francis." Galveston Daily News .
DOUGLAS, JAMES POSTELL (1836-1901). Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Captain, field artillery battery attached to Greer's 3rd Texas Cavalry, "variously known as the First Texas Battery, the Dallas Light Artillery, the Good-Douglas Battery, and Douglas's Battery." Handbook of Texas Online .
Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, pp. 14-16. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 29. Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
James Postell Douglas. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 38-39, 132, Plate No. 53. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Major James P. Douglas, pp. 42-44. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.