Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	11	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 19th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 20th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Hallettsville / Lavaca	Senate President Pro Tempore (20th)	Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Wharton
H	69	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Hallettsville / Lavaca		Lavaca

(1) 20th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/4/1887, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885.
(4) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, John Woods, p. 92. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, John Woods, pp. 88-89. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, p. 264. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Biographical sketch, p. 344. Born in Alabama, settled in Lavaca County 1853, marriage to Mary E. Ricinger of Fayette County. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
Biographical sketch, Volume I, John Woods, pp. 345-347. President of Woods National Bank of San Antonio, born in Alabama, son of John and Elizabeth (Foley) Woods, settled in Lavaca County 1853. Served in House of Representatives and Senate from Lavaca County. Marriage to Miss Mary Rabb in 1861, two sons W.F. and W.G. Lee Woods, removed to Del Rio, Val Verde County, in 1889. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.
Biographical sketch, Volume II, John Woods and son W.G. Lee Woods, pp. 311-313. John Woods married Mary E. (Reishinger) Woods. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.

Other Resources

John Woods, birth date 11/13/1839 in Rodgersville, Alabama, death date 3/14/1915 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, father John Woods, mother Mary Elizabeth Foley. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Amendment and affidavit - John S. Woods
John E. Woods, birth date 11/13/1839, death date 3/14/1915, burial in Anchor Masonic Lodge Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Includes reprint of obituary from San Antonio Light, 3/15/1915. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "John Woods Dies," 3/15/1915, p. 5. Formerly president of Woods' National Bank, survived by sons W.F. Woods of San Antonio and W.G. Lee Woods of Del Rio. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Photograph. John Woods, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.S. Woods, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John Woods, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

19th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

20th R.S. - 1887 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Deficiency in Public School Fund and Delay in Payments of Interest on Land Notes Finance Fraudulent Renditions of Property for Taxation Frontier Protection Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 Public Health Public Printing Purchase of Asylum Lund Roads and Bridges State Schools at Agricultural & Mechanical College and Prairie View Normal School
19th R.S. - 1885 Claims and Accounts Contingent Expense (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Public Printing Roads and Bridges Stock and Stockraising
18th R.S. - 1883 Insurance and Statistics Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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