Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	61	Jan 10, 1911 - Mar 2, 1912	32nd	Democrat	Austin / Travis		Travis
H	61	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st (1)	Democrat	Austin / Travis		Travis
H	61	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Austin / Travis		Travis
H	78	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th (2)	Democrat	Round Rock / Williamson		Williamson

(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), 1910.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 33rd Legislature, R.S., 1/16/1913, p. 77. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, author of "Robertson Insurance Law," requiring insurance companies to invest 75 percent of reserve in the state, p. 78. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005.
• ROBERTSON, JAMES HARVEY (1853-1912). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, James Harvey Robertson, Volume IV, p. 1719. Relatives: James Harvey Robertson, father; John B. Robertson, son. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, James H. Robertson, pp. 477-478. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
• Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

• Obituary, 3/5/1912, p. 4. Daily Advocate (Victoria, Texas).
• James and John Robertson mentioned in A Twist At the End: "John and James Robertson were respectively the mayor of Austin and the district attorney of Travis County . . . both of the Robertsons had served a term in the Texas legislature . . ." , p. 136. Relatives: John W. Robertson and James Harvey Robertson - brothers. Google Books.
• Austin Mayor John W. Robertson and Travis County District Attorney James H. Robertson, brothers, mentioned in "Capital Murder," July 2000, by Skip Hollandsworth. Texas Monthly.

Photographs

• Photograph. J.H. Robertson, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.H. Robertson, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. James H. Robertson, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.H. Robertson, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). 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.

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911 Civil and Criminal Procedure   Supreme Judicial Districts

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Criminal Jurisprudence   Insurance   Liquor Traffic   Public Lands and Land Office   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure

31st R.S. - 1909 Criminal Jurisprudence   Insurance   Liquor Traffic   Public Lands and Land Office   State Asylums

30th R.S. - 1907 Appropriations   Common Carriers   David Crockett Painting   Education   Judiciary   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure   Rules   Senator Bailey, Investigate

18th R.S. - 1883 Engrossed Bills   Judicial Districts (Chair)  Judiciary No. 2   Public Lands and Land Office