James Harvey McLeary

Full Name: James Harvey McLeary
Date of birth: July 27, 1845
Date of death: January 5, 1914

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	30	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green
H	29	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Wilson

(1) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years). Senate Journal. April 18, 1876 April 27, 1876

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Senate District 30
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green

House District 29
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Wilson

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Hon. James Harvey McLeary, pp. 148-150. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
MCLEARY, JAMES HARVEY (1845-1914). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Hon. James Harvey McLeary, pp. 593-597. Born 7/27/1845 in Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. "In 1873, he was elected to the lower branch of the Texas Legislature, and served in that capacity until he was elected to the State Senate two years later . . . While in the Legislature, Judge McLeary served in the House as Chairman of the Committee on Education, and in the Senate as Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections and State Affairs. From his position he took a leading part in shaping legislation, and was the author of the law giving to towns and cities the right to control their own public schools. He also had the honor of being godfather to the fifty-six new counties, comprising the Panhandle of Texas, since he named each one of them after some prominent historical character, among others, the heroes who perished at the Alamo." Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families, 1894.
Biographical sketch, pp. 55-57. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Photographs

Photograph. J.H. McLeary, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. McLeary, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. McLeary, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Arrangements, Prepare for Reception of Portrait of General Tom Green on the 4th of July Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Educational Affairs General Land Office Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Debt Revision of Senate Rules of Order and Joint Committee on Rules of Joint Session State Affairs (Chair) State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising
14th R.S. - 1874 Claims and Accounts Congressional Districts (Co-Chair) Constitutional Amendments Education Judges M. Walker and Wesley Ogden, Supreme Court Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Removal of Judge J.J. Thornton, 24th Judicial District Removal of Judge M. Priest, 4th Judicial District State Affairs Town and City Corporations

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