Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	16	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893	21st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Mesquite / Dallas		Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall
H	33	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Mesquite / Dallas		Dallas

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) 22nd Legislature - 1/14/1891, p. 5. Seats formerly occupied by Townsend, Kimbrough & Burney were reserved for them, seat formerly occupied by his predecessor was reserved for Carter, those Sens. being absent. Kimbrough indefinitely excused. Senate Journal.
(3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(4) 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).
(5) 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

"Condition of R.S. Kimbrough," 10/11/1905, p. 4. Obituary and photo, "R.S. Kimbrough Dead," 10/12/1905, p. 4. Former State Senator, death date 10/11/1905. "Resolutions of Respect: Action by Commercial Club Directors on the Death of Hon. R.S. Kimbrough," Dallas Morning News.
Mentioned in biographical sketch, Judge Thomas Fletcher Nash, by John H. Cullom, p. 34. Pace's Texas Scrap Book: Containing Gems of Thought From Bench - Bar - Pulpit - Rostrum on Religious, Political and Educational Subjects, Consisting of Sermons, Prayers, Poems, Funeral Orations and Extracts From Various Sources, 1933.
Biographical sketch, R.S. Kimbrough, pp. 36-37. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, R.S. Kimbrough, pp. 151-152. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Snead Kimbrough, pp. 203-205. Born 9/19/1851 near Madisonville, East Tennessee; married Fannie Wesson in 1873 at Litle Rock, Arkansas, and married Jennie Curtis in 1878. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, Robert Snead Kimbrough, p. 388. Born 9/19/1851. Elected to Senate for one term. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Other Resources

Wesley Fletcher And Elizabeth (Pearl) Curtis, from Proud Heritage, Volume III. Daughter Jennie married Robert Snead Kimbrough "often called Mesquite's 'town father'"; death date 10/10/1905. Dallas County Pioneers Association.
R.S. Kimbrough, birth date 9/19/1851, death date 10/11/1905, burial in Mesquite Cemetery, Mesquite, Dallas County. Includes biographical sketch from Biographical Sketches from Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas, Texas, 1892, photograph. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. R.S. Kimbrough, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.S. Kimbrough, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.S. Kimbrough, 19th 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.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

22nd R.S. - 1891 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Counties and County Boundaries Engrossed Bills Federal Relations Finance Insurance and Statistics Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation North Texas Asylum at Terrell Penitentiaries Public Debt Public Lands Roads and Bridges (Chair) State Affairs State Asylums Stock and Stock Raising Towns, Cities and Corporations Treasurer's and Comptroller's Offices
21st R.S. - 1889 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Employees of the Senate Engrossed Bills Federal Relations Finance Incorporation Laws Insurance and Statistics Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Military Affairs Public Debt Public Lands Quarantine Station at Galveston, Investigate Road Legislation Roads and Bridges State Affairs State Asylums Stock and Stockraising Treasurer and Comptroller's Offices
19th R.S. - 1885 Contingent Expenses (Chair) Finance Internal Improvement Penitentiaries Towns, Cities, and Corporations

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