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T.A. Rodriguez

Thomas A. Rodriguez

Full Name: Thomas A. Rodriguez
Other surnames: Rodriquez
Date of birth: December 31, 1839
Date of death: April 8, 1903

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 90 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th (1) (2) (3) (4)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Live Oak, Wilson
H 90 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd (5)   Democrat Anchorage / Atascosa   Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Live Oak, Wilson
H 78 Apr 6, 1882 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (6) (7) (8) (9)   Democrat Pleasanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Karnes, Live Oak, San Patricio, Wilson

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Redistricting bill shows Bexar County in district 90. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(2) District 90. House Journal. ↩
(3) District 90. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(4) District 60. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902. ↩
(5) Anchorage post office closed in 1935. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(6) Newly elected members were sworn on April 6, 1882, including: "Owen Brown, Hal Geiger, Seth Stewart and T. P. Rodrigues [sic]." "Special session of the Seventeenth Legislature," p. 1, 4/7/1882. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(7) In his first campaign Rodriguez defeated a third-party candidate by a majority of 6,000 votes. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(8) Assumed democrat based on party affiliation in other sessions, service in Confederate Army, attendance at party conventions, or information included in biographical sketches. Legislative Reference Library. ↩
(9) Thomas A. Rodriguez, in special election 9/17/1881, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Donald P. Marr, resigned 6/23/1881. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
27th (1) (2) (3) (4)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Live Oak, Wilson

Legislatures:
23rd (5)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Anchorage / Atascosa
Counties in district:
Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Live Oak, Wilson

Legislatures:
17th (6) (7) (8) (9)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Pleasanton / Atascosa
Counties in district:
Atascosa, Karnes, Live Oak, San Patricio, Wilson

Terms of service notes


(1) Redistricting bill shows Bexar County in district 90. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(2) District 90. House Journal. ↩
(3) District 90. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(4) District 60. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902. ↩
(5) Anchorage post office closed in 1935. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(6) Newly elected members were sworn on April 6, 1882, including: "Owen Brown, Hal Geiger, Seth Stewart and T. P. Rodrigues [sic]." "Special session of the Seventeenth Legislature," p. 1, 4/7/1882. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(7) In his first campaign Rodriguez defeated a third-party candidate by a majority of 6,000 votes. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(8) Assumed democrat based on party affiliation in other sessions, service in Confederate Army, attendance at party conventions, or information included in biographical sketches. Legislative Reference Library. ↩
(9) Thomas A. Rodriguez, in special election 9/17/1881, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Donald P. Marr, resigned 6/23/1881. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Confederate States Army, Lieutenant T.A. Rodriguez, adjutant of Colonel Santos Benavides, p. 117. Tomas A. Rodriguez, 2nd Lieutenant Company H, 8th Texas Infantry; Lieutenant, Ragsdale's Battalion of Texas Cavalry; Captain and Adjutant, Benavides' Regiment, Appendix A: Confederates, p. 180. Vaqueros in Blue and Gray, 2000.

  • Death notice, "Hon. T.A. Rodriguez Dead: A Former Member of the Legislature from the San Antonio District Passes Away," 4/9/1903, p. 1. El Paso Herald.
  • Thomas A. Rodriguez, death date 3/8/1903 on grave marker, burial in San Fernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, with spouse M.J. Susanna Rodriguez. Find a Grave.
  • Rodriguez attended the Atascosa County democratic convention and was elected delegate to the Galveston convention, p. 8, 3/26/1880. Galveston Daily News.
  • Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
  • Obituary, 4/9/1903, p. 3. "Hon. Thomas A. Rodriguez died yesterday afternoon at his residence . . . " Death date 4/8/1903. San Antonio Daily Light.

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