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James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825 – April 21, 1894) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Texas from 1866 to 1867 during the early days of Reconstruction. He was a United States Congressman from Texas from 1875 to 1879 and again from 1883 to 1889.
Apr 3, 2022 · James Webb Throckmorton, governor of Texas and Congressman, the son of Susan Jane (Rotan) and William Edward Throckmorton, was born on February 1, 1825, at Sparta, Tennessee. One of eight children, Throckmorton spent the first eleven years of his life in Sparta, where his father practiced medicine.
The governor of Texas is the chief executive officer of the state elected by citizens every four years. James Webb Throckmorton served as governor from 1866 to 1867. Records of Governor Throckmorton's term in office relate predominately to the progress of Reconstruction in post-Civil War Texas.
Abstract. The life history of a Texas patriot, James W. Throckmorton, Texas Ranger, Mexican War Veteran, member of the Senate and House of Representatives of Texas, Unionist, Confederate soldier, Confederate Commissioner to the Indians, President of the Constitutional Convention of 1866, Governor of the Lone Star State, and a member of the ...
Jan 6, 2022 · James Webb Throckmorton’s political career between 1860 and 1867 and have revealed that his racist views helped hasten the end of Radical Reconstruction in Texas.
Gov. James Webb Throckmorton. Terms August 9, 1866 - August 8, 1867 ; Party Conservative ; Born February 1, 1825 ; Passed April 21, 1894 ; Birth State Tennessee ; Family Married Anne Rattan; ten children
James W. Throckmorton, born in Tennessee in 1825, moved to Texas in 1841. He studied medicine and served in the Mexican War as an army surgeon. After discharge from the army, he married Annie Rattan in 1848 and settled near McKinney in Collin County.
