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Henry Rawson Full Name: Henry Rawson Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 7 Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874 13th (1) (2) (3)   12th (4) (5)   Radical Republican Marshall / Harrison   Harrison (1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) Republican. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873. (3) "Returning radicals [to the 13th Legislature] were Thomas H. Baker, Webster Flanagan, S.W. Ford, Albert J. Fountain, Matthew Gaines, Phidello W. Hall, Henry Rawson, George T. Ruby, William A. Saylor, and Robert P. Tendick," p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. (4) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 6-year term. Senate Journal. (5) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, p. 110. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Other Resources Biographical information, pp. 121-123, "continued his rise as a Republican by winning the state senate seat from Harrison County . . . " Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997. Henry Rawson, a native of England, lived in Marshall before the Civil War, p. 292; one of the Republicans from Harrison County who took office in 1870, re-elected, pp. 306, 308. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983. Photographs Photograph. Henry Rawson, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. Henry Rawson, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture   Education   Private Land Claims   Privileges and Elections   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Superintendent of Public Schools   12th Adjourned - 1871 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Education   Elections   Immigration   Militia   Private Land Claims   12th R.S. - 1871 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Education   Elections   Immigration   Militia   Private Land Claims   12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Education   Elections   Immigration   Militia   Private Land Claims   12th Provisional - 1870 Elections

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