Andrew Todd McKinney

Full Name: Andrew Todd McKinney
Date of birth: March 18, 1838
Date of death: May 7, 1931

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	26	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	26	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	26	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	26	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	38	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	54	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	54	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	54	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Huntsville / Walker	Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture).
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Elected floater as a democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Terms of Service top

House District 26
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 26
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 26
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 26
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 38
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 54
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 54
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

House District 54
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Huntsville / Walker
Counties in district: Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, R.S., 5/7/1931, p. 1911. Resolutions - Memorial.
42nd Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 140, 5/8/1931, p. 1348. Resolutions - Memorial.
51st Legislature, R.S., 4/19/1949, p. 1778. In Memory of Judge A.T. McKinney (Jr.). Relatives: Col. Andrew Todd McKinney - father, Andrew Todd McKinney, Jr. - son. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

MCKINNEY, ANDREW TODD (1838-1931). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, A.T. McKinney, p. 44. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, A.T. McKinney, pp. 241-242. Born 1838 in Randolph County, Illinois. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, pp. 261-262. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army. "He did educational work in Louisiana and served briefly with a Louisiana regiment in the Confederate Army before he began to practice law at Huntsville in January 1866." Handbook of Texas Online.
Colonel A.T. McKinney. "He served with honor as a Confederate soldier during the period of the Civil War, and exemplified in his long and useful life his ideals for which he and his comrades stood." 42nd Legislature, R.S., 5/7/1931, p. 1911. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Andrew Todd McKinney [Sr.], birth date 3/18/1838, death date 5/7/1931, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Death Claims Col. M'Kinney, Pioneer Texan," The Fort Worth Press, 5/8/1931, p. 5, crediting Fort Worth History Center. "Col. Andrew Todd McKinney, who was the oldest living Princeton University graduate and friend of Sam Houston . . . He was the last surviving member of the Texas constitutional convention which met in 1875." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.T. McKinney, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the Confederate Home Comptroller Documents, Investigate (Chair) Reagan Papers, Investigate (Chair) Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Criminal Jurisprudence Penitentiaries Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure Revenue and Taxation (Chair)
31st R.S. - 1909 Criminal Jurisprudence Judicial Districts Penitentiaries Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure State Affairs Stephen F. Austin Remains (Chair)
30th R.S. - 1907 Constitutional Amendments Education Forestry Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair)
29th R.S. - 1905 Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Education Election Law Enrollment, Investigate, Special (Chair) Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Revenue and Taxation Rules
24th R.S. - 1895 Civil Code, Special Education Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries Revenue and Taxation Rules (Chair)
22nd R.S. - 1891 Article 5, Constitution of the State of Texas Constitutional Amendment to Judiciary Article Constitutional Amendments Education International and Great Northern Railroad, Investigate the Receivership Judiciary No. 1 Mining and Minerals Penitentiaries Quarantine Laws Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts Southwestern Lunatic Asylum
19th R.S. - 1885 Educational Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Laying the Cornerstone of the New Capitol Penitentiaries Revision of Rules
18th R.S. - 1883 Comptroller's Report Delay Educational Affairs (Chair) Educational Affairs, Subcommittee on (Visit State Schools) Penitentiaries Private Land Claims Revision of Rules Texas Siftings Publication, Select (Chair)

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