Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
H	65	Nov 7, 1859 - Feb 9, 1861	8th ⁽¹⁾	Corpus Christi / Nueces	Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio
S	25	Nov 15, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Corpus Christi / Nueces	Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Webb
S	19	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Corpus Christi / Nueces	Goliad, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio
S	19	Elected but never sworn	1st ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ 2nd ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾	Corpus Christi / Nueces	Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio

(1) Alfred Hobby, sworn 3/19/1861, succeeded Henry L. Kinney, resigned 2/9/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Oath of office, 11/15/1851, p. 71. Senate Journal.
(4) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections report on contested election of L.M. Rogers and Henry L. Kinney, 11/17/1851, p. 76, Senate Journal.
(5) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(6) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(7) Kinney elected to 2nd Legislature, but never sworn. Not present at organization of the Senate 12/13/1847. No record of Kinney taking the oath of office in 2nd Legislature. Kinney appointed to Senate committees, 12/16/1847, p. 19. Senate Journal.
(8) Kinney was "elected to the Senate of the 2nd Legislature, but before taking his seat resigned in order to see what might be gleaned from the Mexican War, already in progress," pp. 167-168. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(9) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(10) Edward Fitzgerald, sworn 2/5/1848, and resigned 3/20/1848, succeeded Henry L. Kinney, resigned before 12/18/1847. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(11) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "second class" (4-year term). Senate Journal.
(12) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(13) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 119-120. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
KINNEY, HENRY LAWRENCE (1814-1862). Helped found Corpus Christi. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch, p. 167. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Other Resources

KINNEY COUNTY named for Henry Lawrence Kinney. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in NUECESTOWN, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online.
Description of founding of Corpus Christi by Henry L. Kinney, Corpus Christi, pp. ix-xi. HeritageQuest Online.
Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," October 1965, pp. 163-173. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. Henry Lawrence Kinney, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

8th R.S. - 1859 Internal Improvement Military Affairs Public Grounds and Public Buildings State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising
4th R.S. - 1851 Claims and Accounts Engrossed Bills Internal Improvements Militia
3rd R.S. - 1849 Federal Relations Indian Affairs (Chair) Public Lands Purchase of Northwestern Territory, Governor's Message
2nd R.S. - 1847 Counties and County Boundaries Indian Affairs Militia Roads, Bridges and Ferries
1st R.S. - 1846 Joint Rules Military Affairs Printing and Contingent Expenses (Chair) Rules, Select

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