Henry Rawson

Full Name: Henry Rawson
Date of birth: 1819
Date of death: July 22, 1884

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	12th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	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

Census of 1870 - Henry Rawson, Marshall, Harrison County, age 52, born circa 1818 in England, U.S. Senator. FamilySearch. 1870
Biographical information, Chapter 4, Harrison County, 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.
Death notice, "Marshall," The Galveston Daily News, 7/23/1884, p. 3. "Henry Rawson, who was the first Republican postmaster in this city after the war, and an incumbent for five years, died at his residence here this morning..." Death date 7/22/1884. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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 Information top

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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