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Jose Antonio Navarro

Full Name: Jose Antonio Navarro
Date of birth: February 27, 1795
Date of death: January 13, 1871

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 18 Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 2nd (1) (2) (3)     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
S 18 Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 1st (4) (5) (6)     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar

(1) 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.
(2) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(4) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal.
(5) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(6) 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 1st Legislature - Reuben M. Potter selected as interpreter for Senator Navarro, p. 10. Senate Journal.
  • 2nd Legislature - Senator Navarro allowed an interpreter to be paid out of the Senate contingent fund, p. 49. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Jose Antonio Navarro, birth date 2/27/1795 in San Antonio, death date 1/13/1871, photo, burial in San Fernando Cemetery, San Antonio. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Relatives: Jose Francisco Ruiz (Texas Senate, 1st Congress) - uncle, Jose Antonio Navarro - nephew. Jose Antonio Navarro - father, Angel Navarro III - son. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.
  • Mentioned in Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de La Garza and Manuel Yturri, 2011.
  • 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.

Committee Information top

2nd R.S. - 1847
Counties and County Boundaries  
Education  
Judiciary  
1st R.S. - 1846
Affairs of State  
Privileges and Elections  
Republic of Texas Fines, Penalities, Forfeitures & Escheats, Consideration of  

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