Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	48	Jan 11, 1881 - Sep 5, 1882	17th (1) (2)	Democrat	Pottsboro / Grayson	Speaker	Grayson
H	49	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th (3) (4)	Democrat	Reevesville / Grayson		Collin, Grayson
H	22	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	Russell / Grayson		Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Hardeman, Knox, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger
H	33	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th (5)		Sherman / Grayson		Collin, Grayson
H	5	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th (6)		Sherman / Grayson		Grayson
H	5	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th		Unknown / Grayson		Grayson

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Reeves died 9/5/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(5) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(6) 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

• Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
• Biographical sketch, Colonel George R. Reeves, pp. 340-341. Includes reprint of an article in the Dallas Herald on his election as speaker in January 1881. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
• REEVES, GEORGE ROBERTSON (1826-1882). Handbook of Texas Online.
• 26th Speaker of the House of Representatives: George R. Reeves. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
• Biographical sketch, p. 265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Colonel, William C. Young's 11th Texas Cavalry. Confederate Camp Reeves in Grayson County named for Reeves. Handbook of Texas Online.
• George Robertson Reeves. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 25, 115. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

• Biographical information in son George E. Reeves' sketch, p. 712. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
• George Reeves, "The Resurrection of Bass Reeves," by Christian Wallace, July 2021. "At the outset of the Civil War, William’s third son, George, enlisted with the Confederate forces as a colonel in the Eleventh Texas Cavalry . . . After the war, George Reeves returned to Texas, where he served as a state legislator; he was Speaker of the House . . . " Texas Monthly.

Photographs

• Photograph. G.R. Reeves, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
• Photograph. G.R. Reeves, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. G.R. Reeves, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. George R. Reeves, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Assessment and Collection of Taxes   Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Governor's Mansion, Select   Internal Improvements   Revised Civil Code, Select   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)

14th R.S. - 1874 Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Military Affairs   Public Lands and Land Office   State Affairs   Travis County Jail, Select

11th R.S. - 1866 Congressional Districts, Select   Indian Affairs (Chair)  Judicial Districts, Select   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Rules

7th R.S. - 1857 County Boundaries   Military Affairs   Public Debt   Public Lands   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Tax Laws and Payment of Taxes Upon Real Estate

6th R.S. - 1855 Civil and Criminal Codes, Governor's Message, Select   Constitutional Amendments, Select   County and County Boundaries   Indian Affairs   Protection of Western Frontier, Select   Public Lands