Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	22	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893	21st (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)   22nd (1) (2) (3)	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		Falls, McLennan

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) East Waco, McLennan County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Postoffice Waco, McLennan, Appendix p. 131. Senate Journal.
(4) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(5) "The Waco charter: discussed in committee," 2/1/1889, p. 10. "The senate will agree to whatever Senator Harrison of the Waco district may desire." Galveston Daily News.
(6) Harrison, McLennan County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(7) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(8) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, John Hampton Harrison, pp. 195-196. Born 11/3/1842 in Monroe County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
• Biographical sketch, p. 391. Born 11/3/1842. "He later served as U.S. postmaster of Waco during second Cleveland administration." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Hood's Texas Brigade and Green's Brigade of Texas Cavalry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.

Other Resources

• John Hampton Harrison, death date 1/11/1915 in Hewitt, McLennan County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1977-1986.
• John H. Harrison, birth date 11/3/1842, death date 1/11/1915, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. Find a Grave.
• "Capt. J.H. Harrison, Waco, dead: he served the city as Postmaster from 1894 to 1898," 1/12/1915, p. 2. Dateline Jan. 11; "died this morning at Hewitt." Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

• Photograph. J.H. Harrison, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jno. H. Harrison, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
• 22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

22nd R.S. - 1891 Agricultural Affairs   Apportionment and Representation   Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Frontier Protection   General Land Office   Judiciary No. 2   Labor   Penitentiaries   Private Land Claims   Public Debt   Public Lands   Retrenchment and Reform (Chair)  Roads and Bridges   Southwestern Lunatic Asylum   State Affairs   Towns, Cities and Corporations

21st R.S. - 1889 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Claims and Accounts   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Employees of the Senate   Frontier Protection   General Land Office   Internal Improvements   Penitentiaries   Private Land Claims   Public Debt   Public Lands   Retrenchment and Reform   Roads and Bridges   State Affairs