Henry H. Sackett

Full Name: Henry H. Sackett
Date of birth: February 23, 1851
Date of death: December 19, 1928

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	125	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Coleman / Coleman	Brown, Coleman
H	112	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Coleman / Coleman	Coleman, Concho
H	112	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Burkett / Coleman	Coleman, Concho
H	112	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Camp Colorado / Coleman	Coleman, Concho
H	112	Sep 11, 1914 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Coleman / Coleman	Coleman, Concho

(1) Camp Colorado. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Camp Colorado. House Journal.
(3) Camp Colorado, Coleman County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Burkett. Texas Legislative Manual.
(5) 33rd Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Oaths of Office Administered, Del W. Harrington and Henry Sackett, 9/11/1914, p. 165. House Journal.
(6) Henry H. Sackett, in special election 9/8/1914, sworn 9/11/1914, succeeded E.A. McDaniel, resigned 9/20/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(7) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 34th-36th and 38th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, R.S., 1/22/1929, p. 207. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Henry Sackett (1851-1928), burial in Coleman City Cemetery, Coleman, Coleman County. Includes obituary from Coleman Democrat-Voice, 12/30/1928, and muster roll card. Find a Grave.

Military Service Notes

1 Corp., Company E, Frontier Battalion. H. Sackett, Coleman, Texas, commanding officer W.J. Maltby, enlistment date 6/6/1874. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900, Ranger Rolls - Statehood. Ancestry.com.
Sackett, Henry. Frontier Forces, Company E, Call Number 401-139. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

Henry Sackett, birth date 2/23/1851 in England, death date 12/19/1928 in Coleman County, Texas, ranchman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Mentioned in "The Ghost of Camp Colorado", pp. 290-293, The End of the Trail: Western Stories. Google Books.
Mentioned in CAMP COLORADO. Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary, Monday, 12/24/1928 (dateline Coleman, Tex., 12/23/1928). Born 1851 in Essex County, England, "died at his home at Camp Colorado Wednesday (12/19/1928)." San Antonio Express.
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. Henry Sackett, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry Sackett, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry Sockett, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry Sackett, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

38th R.S. - 1923 Banks and Banking Insurance Live Stock and Stock Raising Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)
36th R.S. - 1919 Highway Commission, Investigate Insurance Oil, Gas, and Mining Public Lands and Buildings State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
35th R.S. - 1917 Banks and Banking Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Game and Fisheries Roads, Bridges and Ferries Stock and Stock Raising
34th R.S. - 1915 Agriculture Congressional Districts Counties (Chair) Roads, Bridges and Ferries Senatorial Districts Stock and Stock Raising

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