James Webb Throckmorton (1825-1894) - Find a Grave Memorial

U.S. Congressman, Texas Governor. Moving to Texas in 1841, he studied medicine and was a physician in practice in Collin County, Texas. During the Mexican American War, he served as a U.S. Army Surgeon. After the war, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in McKinney, Texas. He was a member of the Texas State House of Representatives (1851-56) and served in the Texas State Senate (1856-61). During the Civil War, he served as a Major in the Confederate Army (1861-63) and in 1864, was Brigadier General in command of the Texas Militia troops on the northwest border of the State. After the war, he was again a member of the Texas State Senate in 1865 and when the new state Constitution was adopted, he was elected as a Consecutive Party candidate the 12th Governor of Texas, serving 1866-67. During his administration, Texas was placed under military rule as part of the Congressional Reconstruction Plan and the famous cattle drives northward from Texas began. After leaving office, he practiced law, was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, serving 1875-79. In 1883, he was again elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1887. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death from kidney disease.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith