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John Hughes Cochran Full Name: John Hughes Cochran Date of birth: June 28, 1838 Date of death: October 20, 1928 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 73 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Speaker   Dallas H 33 Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd (1)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas H 33 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (2)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas H 46 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (3)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Speaker   Dallas H 46 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas H 20 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989. Biographical sketches and portrait, John Hughes and Martha Jane Johnson Cochran, from Proud Heritage, Vol. 1 by DCPA. Dallas County Pioneers Association. COCHRAN, JOHN HUGHES (1838-1928). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait, John Hughes Cochran, p. 330. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. 25th and 32nd Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Hughes Cochran. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. Biographical sketch, John H. Cochran, pp. 113-114. ". . .came to Texas with his father in 1842. The family settled in Dallas county, and his father at one time represented it in the Legislature. Left fatherless at the age of fifteen. . ." Relatives: William M. Cochran, father; John H. Cochran, son. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biographical sketch, p. 251. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biographical sketch, p. 257. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, 6th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Wharton, Stone's). John H. Cochran, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com. Texas Rangers, Commander, traveled to Young County 1860. Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, 6th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources John H. Cochran, birth date 6/28/1838 in Tennessee, death date 10/20/1928 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, stock farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Photographs Photograph. J.H. Cochran, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.H. Cochran, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Photograph. J.H. Cochran, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.H. Cochran, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.H. Cochran, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.H. Cochran, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John Hughes Cochran, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Agricultural Affairs   Constitutional Amendments   County Government and County Finances   Penitentiaries   Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts   Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts   Revenue and Taxation   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Rules (Chair)  Texas World's Fair Exhibition   Town and City Corporations (Chair)  18th R.S. - 1883 Comptroller's Report Delay (Chair)  Educational Affairs   Fence Cutting   Finance   Internal Improvements   Privileges and Elections   Revenue and Taxation (Chair)  Revision of Rules   Towns and City Corporations   Validity of University Fund Claims in Comptroller's Office   15th R.S. - 1876 Assessment and Collection of Taxes (Chair)  Capitol Grounds, Investigation of Superintendent F. Voigt (Chair)  Commerce and Manufactures (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Corporations   Finance   Rules   Towns and City Corporations   14th R.S. - 1874 Finance   Indian Affairs   Internal Improvements   Public Buildings   Removal of Judge J.B. Williamson, 6th Judicial District   Rooms in Capitol Building   Town and City Corporations

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