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Jesse Grimes Full Name: Jesse Grimes Date of birth: February 6, 1788 Date of death: March 15, 1866 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 19 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)     Anderson / Grimes Senate President Pro Tempore (8th)   Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker S 19 Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)   6th (13) (14)     Anderson / Grimes Senate President Pro Tempore (6th)   Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker S 15 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th (15) (16) (17)     Grimes Prairie / Grimes Senate President Pro Tempore (4th)   Grimes, Montgomery, Walker S 13 Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 3rd (18) (19) (20)     Grimes Prairie / Grimes   Grimes, Montgomery, Walker S 9 Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 2nd (21) (22) (23)     Grimes Prairie / Grimes   Montgomery S 9 Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 1st (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)     Grimes Prairie / Montgomery   Montgomery (1) Jesse Grimes included on the August 1859 Union Democratic ticket for state senator, p. 91. Sam Houston: For Texas and the Union, 2001. (2) Postoffice Anderson, Grimes County. Senate Journal. (3) 8th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/12/1859, Regular Session; and Adjourned Session. Senate Journal. (4) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (5) Census of 1860 - Jessee Grimes, Plantersville post office, Grimes County, age 72, born in NC. Enumerated 7/11/1860. HeritageQuest Online. (6) Anderson, Grimes County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (7) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/7/1859, p. 2. Included in "roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, being called by Districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, took the oath of office and their seats." Senate Journal. (8) Anderson, Grimes County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (9) Listed in "Senators holding over: Opposition." Civilian and Gazette Weekly, 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (10) 7th Legislature, 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Holdover Senator, listed in "The roll of Senators then being called, the following Senators answered to their names. . ." Senate Journal. (11) Anderson, Grimes County. Senate Journal. (12) 7th Legislature - listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. (13) 6th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/6/1855, Regular Session; and Adjourned Session. Senate Journal. (14) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/5/1855, p. 2. Included in "roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment being called by Districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats." Senate Journal. (15) 4th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 12/30/1851, Regular Session, due to the death of President Pro Tem Burleson; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (16) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (17) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/3/1851, p. 3. Included in "roll of Senators elected being called by Districts, the following gentlemen appeared, presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats." Senate Journal. (18) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (19) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette [Austin, Tex.], 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (20) 3rd Legislature, Regular Session - 11/5/1849, p. 3. Listed in "roll of Senators being called by Districts, the following gentlemen presented their credentials, took the oath prescribed by the Constitution and their seats." Senate Journal. (21) Montgomery County - 2nd Legislature - 12/13/1847, p. 3. Listed in "Roll of Districts being called - The following Senators presented their credentials, took the oath prescribed by the Constitution and their seats . . . From the district of Montgomery, Jesse Grimes." Senate Journal. (22) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (23) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, Texas Democrat, 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (24) History of Grimes County notes "the creating act was passed April 6, 1846, and organization was perfected July 15," Volume III, p. 953. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940. (25) Grimes Prairie - "in the fall of 1827 he [Jesse Grimes] settled on Grimes Prairie, now in Grimes County." Handbook of Texas Online. (26) Grimes County - Act approved April 6, 1846, creating the county of Grimes. "Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage." Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, Volume 2, Laws Passed by the First Legislature of the State of Texas, p. 1356, crediting the UNT Libraries. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (27) 1st Legislature - 2/16/1846, p. 4. Listed in "roll of Senators being called by Districts, the following members appeared and took their seats...on motion of Mr. Grimes, the Senators came forward and took the oath prescribed by the Constitution." Senate Journal. (28) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal. (29) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. (30) Lists town of Grimes Prairie (no longer exists), Grimes County. Texas Towns Database (Texas Almanac).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, p. 92. "Though opposed to secession, Jesse Grimes was affiliated with the Democratic Party, saying of himself in a letter dated March 26, 1857: 'Politically I have ever claimed to be a Democrat but it has been alleged that I am rather of the old fogey order.'" Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942. History of Grimes County, Grimes County towns, and biographical sketch of Jesse Grimes, Volume III, pp. 951-959. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940. GRIMES COUNTY named for Jesse Grimes. "On April 6, 1846, the first state legislature accepted the petition of local residents and established Grimes County, named in honor of Jesse Grimes, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence who was then representing the area in the state Senate." Handbook of Texas Online. GRIMES, JESSE (1788-1866). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, pp. 72-76, Early History of Grimes County by E.L. Blair, 1930; listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931." Includes years of service, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data, pp. 205-209. HeritageQuest Online. Biographical sketch, p. 165; portrait, p. 166; mentioned throughout. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. Grimes, Jesse. Texas State Cemetery. Other Resources "Another Patriot to Be Reburied," 10/16/1929. Death date 10/16/1866. Dallas Morning News. Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," October 1965, pp. 163-173. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Photographs Photograph. Jesse Grimes, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Committee Informationtop 8th R.S. - 1859 Finance (Chair)  Penitentiary   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Ways and Means for the Protection of the Frontier, Select   7th R.S. - 1857 Finance (Chair)  Penitentiary   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   6th R.S. - 1855 Finance (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Penitentiary   4th R.S. - 1851 Finance (Chair)  Land Titles West of the Nueces, Select   Penitentiary   Printing and Contingent Expenses   Privileges and Elections   Public Debt   3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special (Chair)  Finance (Chair)  Fire-Proof General Land Office Building, Governor's Message   Governor's Message, Select   Internal Improvements   Land Scrips, Loan Bonds, and Other Obligations Issued by the Late Republic of Texas in Comptroller's Office   Penitentiary   Public Lands   Purchase of Northwestern Territory, Governor's Message   Senate Rules, Select   2nd R.S. - 1847 Claims and Accounts   Engrossed Bills   Finance (Chair)  Public Lands   1st R.S. - 1846 Finance (Chair)  Privileges and Elections

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