Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	2	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ 19th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ 20th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	Democrat	Glenfawn / Rusk	Senate President Pro Tempore (20th)	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
H	6	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹¹⁾	Democrat	Glenfawn / Rusk		Rusk
H	7	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹²⁾	Democrat	Glenfawn / Rusk		Rusk
H	7	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th	Democrat	Glenfawn / Rusk		Rusk

(1) 20th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 3/9/1887, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) "Cale Garrison was again Senator from Dist. 2 for 19th and 20th Sessions (1885-88), listing his residence as Henderson.". . .After wife Elizabeth's death in Nov. 1899, "remained in Henderson until son, Homer, took him to his home in Kickapoo, Anderson Co., TX." Descendants of Caleb Garrison Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1966.
(3) Census of 1860 - C.J. Garrison, Beat No. 1, Henderson, Rusk County. Census of 1870 - Caleb J. Garrison, Henderson, Rusk County. Census of 1880 - Caleb J. Garrison, Justice Precinct No. 5, Rusk County; Henderson "1 precinct" is separate Census location. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 1880
(4) GLENFAWN, TX. Handbook of Texas Online.
(5) Henderson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) "In 1851 he immigrated to Texas, and stopped for two years at Caledonia, then established himself at Henderson, Rusk county, where has since continued to live," p. 104. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
(7) Caleb J. Garrison, Henderson. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(8) "Caleb Jackson Garrison, of Glen Fawn, Rusk County . . . moved in February, 1851, to Glen Fawn," p. 338. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(9) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885.
(10) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(11) Glen Fawn, Rusk County, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(12) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Caleb Jackson Garrison (Cale, C.J.), born 5/31/1827, died 11/14/1901, pp. 66, 71-73. Descendants of Caleb Garrison Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1966.
GARRISON, CALEB JACKSON (1828-ca. 1901). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Capt. Thomas Smith Garrison, Volume III, pp. 1410-1411. Born 5/17/1837 in Carroll County, Georgia. Relatives: Caleb Garrison and Thomas Smith Garrison - brothers. Relatives: Thomas Smith Garrison - grandfather; Gary Bonner Sanford [son of Adele Bonner Garrison Sanford] - grandson. Relatives: Caleb Garrison - great-uncle; Gary Bonner Sanford - great-nephew. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, C.J. Garrison, pp. 79-80. Born 5/31/1828 in Carroll County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, Caleb Jackson Garrison, p. 104. Born 5/31/1828 in Carroll County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, pp. 65-66. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, pp. 253-254. Born in 1827. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, Caleb Jackson Garrison of Glenfawn, Rusk County, born 5/31/1827, pp. 250-251. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Company K, 14th Texas Cavalry, Col. Matthew D. Ector's brigade, later consolidated with 10th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Calculated relationship based on James Freeborn Garrison, Susan Mandeville Garrison, and Edgar Hubbard Carter family group sheets. Relatives: Edgar Hubbard Carter and Gary Bonner Sanford - cousins once removed. Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy, 2001. Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy

Photographs

Photograph. C.J. Garrison, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.J. Garrison, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.J. Garrison, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.J. Garrison, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

19th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). 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.

Committee Information top

20th R.S. - 1887 Commerce and Manufactures Contingent Expenses Finance Insurance, Statistics and History New Capitol, Grounds and Cost of Furnishing Penitentiaries (Chair) Privileges and Elections State Penitentiaries Treasurer's and Comptroller's Office
19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural Affairs Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Prairie View Normal School, and Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville General Land Office Insurance, Statistics and History (Chair) Privileges and Elections State Affairs W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office
18th R.S. - 1883 Penitentiaries (Chair) Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on Private Land Claims Public Buildings and Grounds
16th R.S. - 1879 Contingent Expenses Private Land Claims (Chair) State Asylums
15th R.S. - 1876 Capitol Grounds, Accounts of Superintendent F. Voigt Contingent Expenses Finance Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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