Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	9	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Elkhart / Anderson		Anderson
H	9	Jan 8, 1884 - Jan 13, 1885	18th (1) (2) (3)	Democrat	Palestine / Anderson		Anderson
H	24	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th (4)	Democrat	Palestine / Anderson		Anderson
S	12	Nov 7, 1859 - Feb 13, 1860	8th (5) (6) (7)		Palestine / Anderson		Anderson, Houston
H	20	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th (8)		Palestine / Anderson		Anderson

(1) "The State Legislature: Proceedings of the Extra Session, House," 1/9/1884, p. 1. "Members-elect were qualified: R.D. Allison of Collin County, Sterling Fisher of Hays County, A.T. Rainey of Anderson County, John L. Galt of Wood County. . ." Galveston Daily News.
(2) 18th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Newly elected members presented their credentials and took oath of office, 1/8/1884, p. 1: Sterling Fisher of Hays County, A.T. Rainey of Anderson, John L. Galt of Wood, and R.D. Allison of Collin. House Journal.
(3) Alexis T. Rainey, in special election 8/14/1883, sworn 1/8/1884, succeeded William H. Tucker, died 6/5/1883. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(5) Steward Miller, sworn 1/21/1861, succeeded Alexis T. Rainey, resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(7) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(8) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• RAINEY, ALEXIS T. (1822-1891). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, A.T. Rainey, p. 43. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 86-88. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
• Biographical sketch and portrait, A.T. Rainey. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Colonel, Company H, 1st Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade. Military grave marker, Alexis T. Rainey, birth date 6/5/1822, death date 5/17/1891, burial in Pilgrim Cemetery, Elkhart, Anderson County. Includes biographical sketch of Alexis Theodore Rainey transcribed from Texans Who Wore the Gray, photos, and drawing of Lt. Col. Alexis T. Rainey, Company H, 1st Texas Guards, Anderson County. Find a Grave.
• Portrait and biographical sketch. First Texas Infantry Regiment. Texas Brigade.
• Alexis Theodore Rainey, birth date 6/5/1822, death date 5/17/1891. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
• Colonel, 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, p. 18, portrait, Plate No. 38. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

• Delegate to the Secession Convention, p. 100. A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685 to 1897.
• Mentioned in WORK, PHILIP ALEXANDER (1832-1911). Handbook of Texas Online.
• A.T. Rainey of Anderson attended Democratic State Conventions of 1859 and 1860, pp. 80, 81; Secession Convention of 1860 and signed Ordinance of Secession, p. 93; and Democratic State Convention of 1872 (Committee on Presidential Electors), p. 144. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.
• Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
• Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

• Photograph. A.T. Rainey, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.T. Rainey, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Alexis Theodore Rainey, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Federal Relations (Chair)  Funeral of General William Steele   Internal Improvement   Judicial Districts   Privileges and Elections

18th R.S. - 1883 Fence Cutting   Finance   Penitentiaries

15th R.S. - 1876 Federal Relations   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs (Chair)  Penitentiary   Public Debt

8th R.S. - 1859 Agriculture (Chair)  Apportionment   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Militia   Printing and Contingent Expenses   Privileges and Elections   Public Debt   State Affairs

7th R.S. - 1857 Internal Improvements (Chair)  Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs   Military Affairs   Public Lands