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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	9	Jan 11, 1881 - Dec 31, 1882	17th (1) (2) (3) (4)	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Delta, Fannin, Lamar

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/3/1901, p. 142. Resolutions - Memorial.
• 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/3/1901, p. 241. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• LIGHTFOOT, HENRY W. (1846-1901). "He was elected to the state Senate in 1880 and resigned in 1882." Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, Judge Henry William Lightfoot, in "The History of Lamar County: Gaines—Lightfoot—McDonald," 10/3/1937, p. 12. Paris News.
• Biographical sketch, p. 229. "He was elected to the state Senate in 1880; resigned the position in 1882 to give his undivided attetion to his law practice." Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Other Resources

• Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News.

Photographs

• Photograph. H.W. Lightfoot, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.W. Lightfoot, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations (Chair)  Judiciary No. 1   Memorial Resolutions   Places of Business and Suitable Buildings for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Commissioners of Appeals (Co-Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Public Debt   Quarters for State Departments, Select   Retrenchment and Reform   Revision of Rules   Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment   State Affairs   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments