Jacob Waelder

Full Name: Jacob Waelder
Date of birth: May 17, 1820
Date of death: August 27, 1887

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
H	71	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde
H	71	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde
H	71	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th	Unknown / Comal	Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde

(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(2) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," 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).

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House District 71
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde

House District 71
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde

House District 71
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th
Home City/County: Unknown / Comal
Counties in district: Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Jacob Waelder pp. 487-499. Waelder always a "thorough Democrat." Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Jacob Waelder, pp. 128-129. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
WAELDER, JACOB (1820-1887). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. Jacob Waelder, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. Jacob Waelder, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

Committee Information top

8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment (Chair) Claims and Accounts Judiciary State Affairs
7th R.S. - 1857 Depredations Upon Citizens of Mexican Origin Transporting Merchandise from Lavaca to San Antonio (Co-Chair) Education Indian Affairs (Chair) Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary Printing Rules, Select State Affairs
6th R.S. - 1855 Engrossed Bills Indian Affairs Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary

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