Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
S	5	Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866	9th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 10th ⁽¹⁾	Henderson / Rusk	Rusk
S	9	Nov 7, 1859 - Apr 9, 1861	8th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Henderson / Rusk	Rusk
H	22	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th	Henderson / Rusk	Rusk

(1) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal.
(2) 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.
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(4) 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.
(5) Parsons resigned after Adjourned Session, no successor. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(7) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

PARSONS, JESSE H. (1821-1871). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. Jesse Parsons, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

10th R.S. - 1863 Counties and County Boundaries Internal Improvements (Chair)
9th R.S. - 1861 Finance Flags of 4th and 5th Texas Regiments Governor's Veto Message Internal Improvements (Chair) Judiciary Penitentiary Printing and Contingent Expenses Public Buildings
8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment (Chair) Internal Improvements Judiciary Public Debt Reduction of Expenditures of the State Government State Affairs
6th R.S. - 1855 Civil and Criminal Codes, Governor's Message, Select Engrossed Bills Internal Improvements Judiciary Penitentiary

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