Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	16	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 19th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 20th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Republican	Terrell / Kaufman	Senate President Pro Tempore (20th)	Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall

(1) 20th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 3/18/1887 and 3/21/1887, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) 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).
(3) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885.
(4) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) "One of the rare Republicans still able to win office...At one point he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor," pp. 342-343. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

TERRELL, CHESTER H. (1882-1920). Relatives: J.O. Terrell - father, Chester H. Terrell - son. Handbook of Texas Online.
TERRELL, J.O. (1856-1923). "In 1910 he received the unanimous Republican nomination for governor of Texas." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, J.O. Terrell, pp. 90-91. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, J.O. Terrell, p. 87. Born 4/6/1856 in Kaufman County. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Photo and obituary, "J.O. Terrell, Banker, Dead," 6/29/1923, p. 9. San Antonio Express.
Mentioned in biographical sketch of Marshall W. Terrell, Volume I, p. 234. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

"Terrell, that magical political name on Texas democratic ballots, causes thousands of voters to wonder who started it," 6/28/1934, p. 8. Relatives: J.O. Terrell - father, Chester Terrell - son. El Paso Herald Post.
Census of 1880 - Olinthus Terrell, Terrell, Kaufman County, age 24, born circa 1845 in Texas, lawyer.
Census of 1900 - Johnathan Terrell, San Antonio, Bexar County, age 44, born April 1856 in Texas, attorney, wife Mattie, children Marshall, Chester, Richard, and Mattie.
Jonathan Olinthus Terrell and Mattie Simpson Terrell, parents of Marshall Wilson Terrell, birth date 11/14/1880 in Terrell, Kaufman County. FamilySearch. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 1880 1900
J.O. Terrell, birth date 4/6/1855, death date 6/28/1923 in San Antonio, Bexar County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
J.O. Terrell, birth date 4/6/1856, death date 6/28/1923, burial in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
Johnathon Olinthus Terrell, birth date 4/6/1856, Robert Adams and Emily Love Terrell Family Bible Records; J.O. Terrell's tribute to Tom Terrell, a slave brought to Texas by J.O.'s father Jonathan Wilson Terrell. Kaufman County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. J.O. Terrell, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.O. Terrell, 19th 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.

Committee Information top

20th R.S. - 1887 Constitutional Amendments Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Memorial Services for Hon. E.F. Hall and Hon. George Pfeuffer New Capitol, Grounds and Cost of Furnishing P.H. Hennessy, Sergeant at Arms Public Lands Roads and Bridges State University at Austin
19th R.S. - 1885 Alexander Sampson, Calendar Clerk Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Enrolled Bills Judiciary No. 1 Laying the Cornerstone of the New Capitol Lunatic Asylum, North Texas Insane Asylum at Terrell Penitentiaries Public Lands State Asylums

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