Governor James Webb
Throckmorton
Historical Marker
GOV. JAMES WEBB THROCKMORTON
A DOCTOR'S SON, JAMES W. THROCKMORTON
WAS BORN IN
TENNESSEE. HE MIGRATED WITH HIS PARENTS
TO THE TEXAS
FRONTIER IN 1841 AND SETTLED NEAR THIS
SITE. AT AGE 17, HE
BECAME A HUNTER AND SCOUT FOR HIS
NEIGHBORS. HE
SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR (1846-48). IN
1848 HE MARRIED
ANNE RATTAN (1828-1895) AND BUILT A HOME
NEAR McKINNEY.
TRAINED AS A PHYSICIAN,
THROCKMORTON DISLIKED MEDICINE
AND IN 1851 ENTERED LAW AND POLITICS. HE
SERVED 1851-57
IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, WHERE HE
PROMOTED RAILROAD
BUILDING. LATER HE BECAME ATTORNEY FOR
THE TEXAS & PACIFIC
BUILDING. HE WAS STATE SENATOR FROM
1857-61 AND 1863-65.
ALTHOUGH HE UPHELD THE RIGHT OF
SECESSION, HE WAS
ONE OF SEVEN MEN WHO VOTED AGAINST TEXAS
LEAVING
THE UNION AT THE FEB. 1861 SECESSION
CONVENTION. DURING
THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65), HE FOUGHT IN
THE CONFEDERATE
ARMY. ELECTED GOVERNOR IN THE SUMMER OF
1866, HE
GRAPPLED WITH POSTWAR PROBLEMS OF
FRONTIER DEFENSE
AND FEDERAL MILITARY OCCUPATION. IN JULY
1867 GEN. PHILIP
H. SHERIDAN, COMMANDER OF THE 5TH
MILITARY DISTRICT
TO WHICH TEXAS WAS ASSIGNED, REMOVED
THROCKMORTON
FROM OFFICE AS "AN IMPEDIMENT TO
RECONSTRUCTION" AND
NAMED E. M. PEASE AS PROVISIONAL
GOVERNOR. THROCKMORTON
CONTINUED HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN THE U.
S. CONGRESS
SERVING HIS NORTH TEXAS DISTRICT IN
1875-79 AND 1883-87.
Historical marker
111 W. Virginia St.
McKinney
LAW OFFICE JAMES W.
THROCKMORTON
LAW OFFICE (1856-1894) OF
JAMES W. THROCKMORTON
TEXAS GOVERNOR (1866-1867)
FRONT REMODELLED BUT
INTERIOR UNCHANGED.
Throckmorton Cemetery
Surname Index
Recommended
Citation:
"Governor James W.
Throckmorton,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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