Jacob B. Reid

Full Name: Jacob B. Reid
Other surnames: Reed
Date of birth: December 10, 1803
Date of death: September 14, 1882

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	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

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 1850 - Jacob D. Read, Victoria, Victoria County, age 46, born circa 1804 in South Carolina, farmer, in household with Sarah Read.
Census of 1860 - J.B. Reid, Victoria, Victoria County, age 61, born circa 1899 in South Carolina, farming.
Census of 1880 - Jacob Reid, home in 1880: Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi, age 76, born circa 1804 in South Carolina, wife Sarah Reid. FamilySearch. 1850 1860 1880
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. J.B. Reed, 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 Information top

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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