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John Lane Henry Full Name: John Lane Henry Date of birth: October 18, 1831 Date of death: October 21, 1907 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 6 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Tyler / Smith   Smith, Upshur (1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) 13th Legislature - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 13th Legislature - 1/14/1873, p. 1. Lists J.S. Henry, Sixth District. Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches HENRY, JOHN LANE (1831-1907). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait, John Lane Henry, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1889-1893. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004. Biographical sketch, John L. Henry, Associate Justice, p. 82. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, 20th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, John Lane Henry, birth date 10/18/1831, death date 10/21/1907, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas. Find a Grave. Biographical sketch, p. 63. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907. Photographs Photograph. J.L. Henry, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. J.L. Henry, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John L. Henry, Texas Jurists Collection Photograph. J.L. Henry, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison. Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Comptroller of Public Accounts and State Treasurer, Examine   Constitutional Amendments   Financial Condition of the State   Impeachment of Judge William Chambers, 1st First Judicial District, Select   Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court   Judiciary No. 1 (Chair)  Land Office   Redistricting/Apportionment, Select

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