Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Henry Morris

Full Name: Robert Henry Morris
Birth date: August 8, 1846
Death date: October 2, 1896

Terms of Service

Senate, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 7/9/1890
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Morris resigned 7/9/1890. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.H. Morris, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Robert H. Morris, marriage to Sallie L. Norman 3/12/1885 in Cherokee County.
Robert Henry Morris and Sarah Lee Norman, parents of Robert Henry Morris (birth date 2/26/1886 in Rusk, Cherokee County) and Sarah Curtis Morris (birth date 10/24/1894 in Rusk, Cherokee County, father's birthplace Gadsden County, Florida, born circa 1848). FamilySearch . Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (2) Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (1)

Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977

Robert H. Morris, birth date 8/8/1846, death date 10/2/1896, burial in Troup City Cemetery, Troup, Smith County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Robert H. Morris, pp. 204-206. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert H. Morris, pp. 584-586. Born 1846 in Gadsden, Florida. Lawyer and former county attorney, county judge, and district attorney of Nacogdoches County; afterward moved to Cherokee County and married Miss Norman. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Death notice, Judge R.H. Morris, The Galveston Daily News, 10/9/1896, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Dateline Nacogdoches, Oct. 7. "He died at Troupe, but for many years past he resided in Cherokee county, where he was elected to the state senate one term. Formerly he resided in Nacogdoches county and was county judge." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, p. 389. Born in 1846. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.