Texas Legislators: Past & Present

José Antonio Navarro

Full Name: José Antonio Navarro
Birth date: February 27, 1795
Death date: January 13, 1871

Terms of Service

Senate, 2nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
Senate, 1st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal .
(4) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(5) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal .
(6) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

1st Legislature - Reuben M. Potter selected as interpreter for Senator Navarro, p. 10. Senate Journal .
2nd Legislature - Senator Navarro allowed an interpreter to be paid out of the Senate contingent fund, p. 49. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, Volume I, pp. 102-106. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated 1907.
Biographical sketch, pp. 144-145. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, pp. 205-206. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
Biographical sketch, Jose Antonio Navarro, p. 94. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album Limited Edition 2001.
Jose Antonio Navarro, birth date 2/27/1795 in San Antonio, death date 1/13/1871, photo, burial in San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio. Find a Grave .
NAVARRO, JOSÉ ANTONIO (1795-1871). Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biography in LRL Young Texans collection. José Antonio Navarro 2017.
Biography in LRL collection, 976.4 N228M 2010. José Antonio Navarro: in Search of the American Dream in Nineteenth Century Texas 2010.
Portrait and biographical sketch. Lone Star Junction 1995.
Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature 2018.
Relatives: Jose Francisco Ruiz (Texas Senate, 1st Congress) - uncle, Jose Antonio Navarro - nephew. Jose Antonio Navarro - father, Angel Navarro III - son. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries .
Mentioned in Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de La Garza and Manuel Yturri 2011.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Navarro, Jose Antonio. Cenotaph. Texas State Cemetery .
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 170-171. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.