Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	1	Nov 12, 1859 - Mar 18, 1861	8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾		Boston / Bowie		Bowie
S	1	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859	6th ⁽⁶⁾ 7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾		Boston / Bowie		Bowie, Red River

(1) Pirkey took the oath of office on 11/12/1859, p. 60. House Journal.
(2) Pirkey did not attend Adjourned Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Listed in "Senators holding over: 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).
(4) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal.
(5) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(6) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Solomon H. Pirky, 6th Legislature, Regular Session, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

PIRKEY, SOLOMON H. (1813-1863). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Census of 1860 - S.H. Pirkey, Beat No. 2, Boston post office, Bowie County, age 45, born circa 1815 in Virginia, lawyer. FamilySearch.
Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Mentioned, p. 262 - served in 6th-7th Senate and 8th House, "resigning at the outset of the Civil War." The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Photographs

Photograph. Solomon Pirkey, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment Convention to Frame a New State Constitution Judiciary Retrenchment and Reform
7th R.S. - 1857 Internal Improvements Judiciary Private Land Claims Public Lands (Chair)
6th R.S. - 1855 Constitutional Amendments, Select Counties and County Boundaries Judiciary Penitentiary Private Land Claims No. 2 Public Lands

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