Robert Henry Guinn

Full Name: Robert Henry Guinn
Date of birth: December 12, 1822
Date of death: January 18, 1888

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	10	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Rusk / Cherokee	Senate President Pro Tempore (11th)	Cherokee
S	10	Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866	10th ⁽⁵⁾ 9th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ 10th ⁽⁵⁾	Rusk / Cherokee	Senate President Pro Tempore (10th) Senate President Pro Tempore (9th)	Cherokee
S	11	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861	7th ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ 8th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾	Rusk / Cherokee		Cherokee
S	11	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾	Rusk / Cherokee		Cherokee
S	11	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽¹⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾	Rusk / Cherokee		Cherokee

(1) 11th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 8/6/1866, Regular Session; and elected 8/30/1866, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 10th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/2/1863, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(6) 9th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 11/4/1861, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(7) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal.
(8) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(9) 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.
(10) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover senators), 11/7/1859, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(11) Listed in "New Senators elected: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(12) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment called by Districts, oath of office administered, 11/2/1857, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(13) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(14) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Not present at the organization of the Senate. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/6/1855, p. 6. Senate Journal.
(15) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(16) Democrat - Listed as delegate to Democratic State Convention in Austin, 1/9/1854. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/17/1854, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(17) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(18) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 10
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (9th)
Home City/County: Rusk / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee

Senate District 10
Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866
Legislatures: 10th ⁽⁵⁾ 9th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ 10th ⁽⁵⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (9th)
Senate President Pro Tempore (9th)
(9th)
Home City/County: Rusk / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee

Senate District 11
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 7th ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ 8th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Home City/County: Rusk / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee

Senate District 11
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th ⁽¹⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁵⁾
Home City/County: Rusk / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee

Senate District 11
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th ⁽¹⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁾ ⁽¹⁸⁾
Home City/County: Rusk / Cherokee
Counties in district: Cherokee

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Robert H. Guinn, age 30, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Alabama in 1846, lawyer, postoffice Rusk, Cherokee County. House Journal.
Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: R.H. Guinn, Rusk, Cherokee County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 43 in 1866 (born circa 1823). Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, David Thomas Hearne, pp. 656-659. Born 4/8/1831, went to Cass County, Texas, in 1854; married Elmina Abernathy 1/10/1866; "elected to the Legislature twice and served both terms credibly." Relatives: David Thomas Hearne and Robert Henry Guinn (died 1/8/1888), brothers-in-law. Includes portrait of David Thomas Hearne and Mrs. Jane (Hearne) Guinn. Brief History and Genealogy of the Hearne Family, 1907.
GUINN, JAMES WASHINGTON (1804-1866). Death date 8/27/1866. "Guinn moved with his family to Cherokee County, Texas, in 1858, joining his brother Robert Henry who was a lawyer in Rusk." Relatives: James Washington Guinn and Robert Henry Guinn - brothers. [See also, Descendants of Robert Gwin of Augusta Co, Virginia.] Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Robert Henry Guinn, pp. 159-160. Born 1/19/1822 in Tennessee; state senator, 1853-1866; died 1/18/1887 while attending court at Homer, Angelina County. Relatives: Robert Henry Guinn - father; Frank Benton Guinn - son. A History of Cherokee County (Texas), 1934.

Other Resources

Third generation, John Guin, children of marriage of John Guin and Rachel Shields Guin. Relatives: James Washington Guin (born 6/11/1804, died 8/27/1866 in Austin) and Robert Henry Guin (born 1/19/1822) - brothers. Descendants of Robert Gwin of Augusta Co, Virginia, 2005.
Robert H. Guinn, birth date 12/19/1822, death date 1/18/1888, burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in 5th Legislature, p. 245. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Photographs

Photograph. R.H. Guinn, 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
Photograph. R.H. Guinn, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. Robert Guinn. Photo courtesy of Mary Guinn., Donated Material

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 Federal Relations Finance (Chair) Jefferson Davis, Petition to Release, Select
10th R.S. - 1863 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Finance Judiciary
9th R.S. - 1861 Address to Soldiers in the Field Claims and Accounts (Chair) Confederate Relations Court of Claims (Chair) Finance Indian Affairs Judiciary Penitentiary Private Land Claims Public Debt Retrenchment and Reform Treasurer's Books
8th R.S. - 1859 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Court of Claims Judiciary Land Office Private Land Claims Reduction of Expenditures of the State Government
7th R.S. - 1857 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Counties and County Boundaries Judiciary Land or Money Claims Recommended by Court of Claims
6th R.S. - 1855 Claims and Accounts Engrossed Bills (Chair) Judiciary Privileges and Elections Public Lands
5th R.S. - 1853 Claims and Accounts Education Engrossed Bills Judiciary Public Buildings Spirituous Liquors, Sale of

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