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Robert Henry Guinn
Full Name: Robert Henry Guinn
Date of birth: December 12, 1822
Date of death: January 18, 1888
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Terms of Service top
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10
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Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
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11th
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Rusk / Cherokee
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Senate President Pro Tempore (11th)
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Cherokee
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10
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Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866
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10th
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9th
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10th
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Rusk / Cherokee
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Senate President Pro Tempore (10th)
Senate President Pro Tempore (9th)
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Cherokee
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11
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Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861
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7th
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(12)
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8th
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Rusk / Cherokee
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Cherokee
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11
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Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
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6th
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Rusk / Cherokee
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Cherokee
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11
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Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
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5th
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Rusk / Cherokee
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Cherokee
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(1)
11th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 8/6/1866, Regular Session; and elected 8/30/1866, Regular Session.
Senate Journal.
(2)
11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5.
Senate Journal.
(3)
Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4)
Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39.
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(5)
10th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/2/1863, Regular Session.
Senate Journal.
(6)
9th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/4/1861, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
Senate Journal.
(7)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42.
Senate Journal.
(8)
9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(9)
Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(10)
8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover senators), 11/7/1859, p. 4.
Senate Journal.
(11)
Listed in "New Senators elected: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(12)
7th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment called by Districts, oath of office administered, 11/2/1857, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(13)
7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(14)
6th Legislature, Regular Session - Not present at the organization of the Senate. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/6/1855, p. 6.
Senate Journal.
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6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(17)
Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Robert H. Guinn, age 30 in 1853, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Alabama, lawyer, postoffice Rusk, Cherokee county, p. 457.
House Journal.
Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age in 1866.
Senate Journal.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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GUINN, JAMES WASHINGTON (1804-1866). "Guinn moved with his family to Cherokee County, Texas, in 1858, joining his brother Robert Henry who was a lawyer in Rusk." Relatives: James Washington Guinn and Robert Henry Guinn - brothers. [See also, Descendants of Robert Gwin of Augusta Co, Virginia.]
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, David Thomas Hearne, born 4/8/1831, went to Cass County, Texas, in 1854, married Elmina Abernathy 1/10/1866, "elected to the Legislature twice and served both terms credibly." Relatives: David Thomas Hearne and Robert Henry Guinn (died 1/8/1888), brothers-in-law. Includes portrait of David Thomas Hearne and Mrs. Jane (Hearne) Guinn, Brief history and genealogy of the Hearne family : from A.D. 1066 . . . to 1680 . . . on down to A.D. 1907, William T. Hearne, Press of Examiner Print. Co., 1907, pp. 656-659.
HeritageQuest Online.
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Third generation, John Guin, children of marriage of John Guin and Rachel Shields Guin. Relatives: James Washington Guin (born 6/11/1804, died 8/27/1866 in Austin) and Robert Henry Guin (born 1/19/1822) - brothers.
Descendants of Robert Gwin of Augusta Co, Virginia, 2005.
Robert Henry Guinn, born 12/12/1822 in Tennessee, died 1/18/1888 in Rusk, Cherokee County. Senator, representing Rusk, Cherokee County and President Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate in the 9th, 10th, and 11th Regular and 1st Called Sessions, burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk,
Cherokee County.
Find a Grave.
Mentioned in 5th Legislature, p. 245.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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Photograph.
Robert Guinn, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Photograph.
Robert Guinn, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph.
Robert Guinn. Photo courtesy of Mary Guinn., Donated Material
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11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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