Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Gallatin Kearby

Full Name: John Gallatin Kearby
Birth date: December 3, 1848
Death date: January 23, 1919

Terms of Service

Senate, 23rd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/10/1893, Regular Session.
Senate, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal .
(4) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

36th Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 65, 2/13/1919, p. 349. John Gallatin Kearby, death date 1/3/1919. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. J.G. Kearby, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.G. Kearby, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, J.G. Kearby, pp. 476-477. Relatives: Dr. J.P. Blount was John Gallatin Kearby's brother-in-law. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Relatives: Dr. James P. Blount (Texas House of Representatives, 19th Legislature) was John Gallatin Kearby's brother-in-law. Obituary index, early deaths before 1909, Dr. James P. Blount's wife Mrs. Jessamine Kearby Blount (sister of Hon. J.G. Kearby of Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Dallas Morning News, 6/29/1900). Denton Public Library .
J.G. Kearby, birth date 12/3/1848, death date 1/23/1919, burial in White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, John G. Kearby, pp. 202-203. Born 12/3/1848 in Hot Springs County, Arkansas. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Obituary, "Senator Kearby Is Dead," The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Texas), 1/31/1919, p. 1, crediting Comanche Public Library. Death date 1/23/1919. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .