History of McKinney, (Collin County) Texas United States of America

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James Webb Throckmorton, representative, was born in Sparta, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1825; son of Dr. William E. Throckmorton. He attended the public schools, and in 1841 removed with his father to Collin county, Texas, where he studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. James E. Throckmorton of Princeton, Ky. He practised in Texas until 1849, and served as surgeon of Chevallie's rangers during the Mexican war. He was married in February, 1848, to Annie, daughter of Thomas and Gilean Rattan of Carrollton, Ill. He studied law; was a representative in the state legislature, 1851-56; state senator, 1856-61; and a member of the state convention of 1861, where he voted against the ordinance of secession and declined to sign the act, but on the breaking out of hostilities he raised a company for the Confederate service and was appointed its captain, participating in the capture of forts Wichita and Arbuckle. He was promoted major; was transferred to the 6th Texas cavalry, and served in the Missouri campaign. He returned to Texas in November, 1863; was elected state senator; was appointed brigadier-general of Texas troops in 1864, and in 1865 was appointed a commissioner to negotiate treaties with all the hostile Indians on the border, in which he was successful. He was a member and president of the reconstruction convention of 1865; was chosen governor in 1865, but was removed from office, Aug. 9, 1867, by military order. He resumed his law practice in Collin county; was a Democratic representative from the fifth district of Texas in the 44th and 45th congresses, 1875-79, and in the 48th and 49th congresses, 1883-87. He was a presidential elector-at-large on the Hancock and English ticket in 1880 and the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for U.S. senator in January, 1881. He died at McKinney, Texas, April 21, 1894.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of McKinney, (Collin County) Texas

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