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Jacob B. Reid Full Name: Jacob B. Reid Other surnames: Reed 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 24 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1) (2) (3)     Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria H 62 Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 10th     Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria H 62 Feb 2, 1863 - Nov 2, 1863 9th (4)     Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria (1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal. (2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009. (3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009. (4) Jacob B. Reid, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded William P. McLean, resigned 1/7/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Jacob B. Reid (9th Legislature, 1st C.S. roster, p. 216); J.B. Reid (10th Legislature, R.S. roster, Appendix I); resident county Victoria, post office Victoria. House Journal. 10th R.S. 9th 1st C.S. J.C. Reed (opening day roll call, 8/6/1866, p. 4); J.B. Reed, Victoria, Victoria County, born in South Carolina, farmer, age 62 (born circa 1804) (Senate roster, p. 645). Senate Journal. 11th R.S. Member Roster 11th R.S., p. 4 Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Jacob B. Reid, p. 63, 9th-10th House, 11th Senate. ". . . came to Texas from Mississippi in 1844 and settled on a plantation south of Victoria . . . Reid later returned to Mississippi." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Other Resources Possibly Jacob B. Reid, born abt. 1804, South Carolina; died Victoria County, Texas, marriage to Sarah Holliday 2/12/1832. The Bingham-Keith Website: Descendants of Ayres Holliday. Census of 1880 - possibly Jacob Reid, home in 1880: Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi, age 76 (born about 1804), born in South Carolina, married to Sarah Reid. FamilySearch. Possibly Hon. Jacob B. Reid, birth date 12/10/1803, death date 9/14/1882, burial in Hazlehurst Cemetery, Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi. Find a Grave. Jacob B. Reid. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Photographs Photograph. Jacob B. Reid, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Committee Informationtop 11th R.S. - 1866 Agricultural Affairs   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Internal Improvements   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)  10th R.S. - 1863 Confederate Relations   Public Land   Retrenchment and Reform (Chair)  State Affairs   9th R.S. - 1861 Agricultural Affairs   Penitentiary   Public Buildings   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs

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