Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Ireland

Full Name: John "Oxcart John" Ireland
Birth date: January 1, 1827
Death date: March 15, 1896

Terms of Service

Senate, 14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
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.
House, 13th Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat

(1) 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.
(2) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) "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.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

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

Other Resources

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 .
Mentioned in EIGHTH TEXAS INFANTRY. 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.
Governor of Texas 1883-1887. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present .
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.
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) .
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.
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.
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.
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 .