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Thomas Reuben Bonner Full Name: Thomas Reuben Bonner Date of birth: September 11, 1838 Date of death: August 30, 1891 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 15 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th   Democrat Tyler / Smith Speaker   Smith H 12 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1) (2)     Rusk / Cherokee   Cherokee (1) In 1866 Bonner had represented Cherokee County in the Texas legislature . . . [he] impressed his colleagues with his loyalty to the Democratic party." American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989. (2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Presentation of cane to Speaker from members of the House of Representatives, 15th Legislature, 8/21/1876, pp. 992-995. House Journal. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989. BONNER, THOMAS REUBEN (1838-1891). Handbook of Texas Online. 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Reuben Bonner. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. Biographical sketch, pp. 75-77. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Colonel, William B. Ochiltree's 18th Texas Infantry. "He entered Confederate service in April 1862 as captain, Company C, of Col. William B. Ochiltree's Eighteenth Texas Infantry. He was subsequently major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of that regiment, which served in the Trans-Mississippi Department as an element of Walker's Texas Division." Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, p. 74. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907. Thomas Reuben Bonner. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002. Other Resources Thomas R. Bonner, birth date 9/11/1838, death date 8/30/1891, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave. Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. T.R. Bonner, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.R. Bonner, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Thomas Reuben Bonner, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 11th R.S. - 1866 Jefferson Davis, Petition to Release, Select   Judicial Districts, Select   Judiciary   State Affairs

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