Son of Columbus and Nancy Baker Rainey. Born in Arkansas but raised in Alabama by his widowed mother. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in August 1863 and served in Company A, Sixteenth Confederate Cavalry until he was wounded at the battle of Fort Blakely in 2 Apr 1865. He moved to Texas about 1867.
Admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in July 1870, return to Texas as a lawyer in 1873. He married Fannie Irene Merriweather in 1874
He was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1880 representing Dallas and Ellis counties. He served only one term. Texas Governor John Ireland appointed Rainey as the judge of the Fourth Judicial District (Ellis, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties). He would be reelected twice to this position. In 1893 he was appointed as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas by Governor James S. Hogg. He served as Chief Justice of the Civil Appeals Court from 1900 until his in 1922.
He served as president of the State Missionary Convention of the Christian Church.
He was the 1888 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and one of the founding members of the Masonic Home and School located in Fort Worth.
Admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in July 1870, return to Texas as a lawyer in 1873. He married Fannie Irene Merriweather in 1874
He was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1880 representing Dallas and Ellis counties. He served only one term. Texas Governor John Ireland appointed Rainey as the judge of the Fourth Judicial District (Ellis, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties). He would be reelected twice to this position. In 1893 he was appointed as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas by Governor James S. Hogg. He served as Chief Justice of the Civil Appeals Court from 1900 until his in 1922.
He served as president of the State Missionary Convention of the Christian Church.
He was the 1888 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and one of the founding members of the Masonic Home and School located in Fort Worth.
Son of Columbus and Nancy Baker Rainey. Born in Arkansas but raised in Alabama by his widowed mother. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in August 1863 and served in Company A, Sixteenth Confederate Cavalry until he was wounded at the battle of Fort Blakely in 2 Apr 1865. He moved to Texas about 1867.
Admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in July 1870, return to Texas as a lawyer in 1873. He married Fannie Irene Merriweather in 1874
He was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1880 representing Dallas and Ellis counties. He served only one term. Texas Governor John Ireland appointed Rainey as the judge of the Fourth Judicial District (Ellis, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties). He would be reelected twice to this position. In 1893 he was appointed as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas by Governor James S. Hogg. He served as Chief Justice of the Civil Appeals Court from 1900 until his in 1922.
He served as president of the State Missionary Convention of the Christian Church.
He was the 1888 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and one of the founding members of the Masonic Home and School located in Fort Worth.
Admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in July 1870, return to Texas as a lawyer in 1873. He married Fannie Irene Merriweather in 1874
He was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1880 representing Dallas and Ellis counties. He served only one term. Texas Governor John Ireland appointed Rainey as the judge of the Fourth Judicial District (Ellis, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties). He would be reelected twice to this position. In 1893 he was appointed as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas by Governor James S. Hogg. He served as Chief Justice of the Civil Appeals Court from 1900 until his in 1922.
He served as president of the State Missionary Convention of the Christian Church.
He was the 1888 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and one of the founding members of the Masonic Home and School located in Fort Worth.
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