Horatio Gates Bruce
Full Name: Horatio Gates BruceDate of birth: September 4, 1823
Date of death: January 11, 1882
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 55 | Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 11, 1882 | 17th (1) (2) (3) | Democrat | Caddo Grove / Johnson | Johnson | |
| H | 23 | Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 | 14th | Democrat | Caddo Grove / Johnson | Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young |
(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Owen Brown, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Horatio G. Bruce, died 1/11/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
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House District 55
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 11, 1882 Legislatures: 17th (1) (2) (3) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Caddo Grove / Johnson Counties in district: Johnson |
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House District 23
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 Legislatures: 14th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Caddo Grove / Johnson Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton, Young |
(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Owen Brown, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Horatio G. Bruce, died 1/11/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 17th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Memorial resolution and service for Hon. H.G. Bruce of Johnson County, 4/24/1882. House Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- BRUCE, HORATIO GATES (1824-1882). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and photo, Horatio Gates Bruce family, by Geraldine Dickinson Smith, pp. 474-475. Born 9/4/1824 in Kentucky, description of military service. "H.G. Bruce served as a Captain and after the war was elected to the Texas Legislature where he served until he died in Austin on Jan. 11, 1882." The History of Johnson County, Texas, 1985.
- Born 9/4/1824 in Kentucky, married Patsy Palmer 8/3/1848, "after the war was elected to the Texas Legislature where he served until he died in Austin on Jan. 11, 1882." Biographical sketch, "Horatio Gates Bruce Family," Johnson County Genealogical Society. Finders Keepers, Volume 2, Number 3, August 1985, pp. 100-102, by Geraldine Dickinson Smith, crediting Johnson County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Military Service Notes
- Horatio Gates (or Gales) Bruce, Captain, Company F, 20th Texas Cavalry. Possibly H.G. Bruce, Captain, Company I (Beat No. 9), Johnson County Regiment, 20th Brigade, Texas Militia. FamilySearch United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. H.G. Bruce Horatio Gates (or Gales) Bruce
- Confederate States Army, Captain, Company F, 20th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Horatio Gates Bruce, birth date 9/4/1823, death date 1/11/1882, burial in Caddo Cemetery, Joshua, Johnson County. Birth year 1823 on both grave markers. Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- Owen Brown "in 1881 was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain H.G. Bruce, as Representative in the State Legislature, serving in the called session of the Seventeenth Legislature," p. 673. Captain H.G. Bruce, 20th Texas Cavalry, mentioned throughout. Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, Chicago, Illinois, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. H.E. Bruce, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Photograph. H.G. Bruce, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 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.
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17th R.S. - 1881
Constitutional Amendments County Governments and County Finances State Affairs | ||
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14th R.S. - 1874
Education Immigration State Affairs |
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