John H. Reagan | |
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| United States Senator from Texas | |
| In office March 4, 1887 – June 10, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Maxey |
| Succeeded by | Horace Chilton |
| Railroad Commissioner of Texas | |
| In office June 10, 1891 – January 20, 1903[1] | |
| Governor | Jim Hogg Charles A. Culberson Joseph D. Sayers |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Branch Colquitt |
| Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| Acting April 27, 1865 – May 10, 1865 | |
| President | Jefferson Davis |
| Preceded by | George Trenholm |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Confederate States Postmaster General | |
| In office March 6, 1861 – May 10, 1865 | |
| President | Jefferson Davis |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | William Herndon |
| Succeeded by | William Martin |
| Constituency | 1st district (1875–83) 2nd district (1883–87) |
| In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Lemuel Evans |
| Succeeded by | George Whitmore |
| Constituency | 1st district |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the Nacogdoches district | |
| In office December 13, 1847 – November 5, 1849 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1818 Gatlinburg, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1905 (aged 86) Palestine, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Palestine City Cemetery Palestine, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Martha Music
(m. 1844; died 1845)Edwina Moss Nelms
(m. 1852; died 1863)Molly Ford Taylor (m. 1866) |
John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818 – March 6, 1905) was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas declared secession from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as Postmaster General.
After the Confederate defeat and his release from prison after the war, Reagan called for cooperation by the southern states with the U.S. government, an unpopular position among most conservative whites. He was elected to Congress in 1874[3][4] and was elected in 1886 by the state legislature as a Democrat from Texas to the U.S. Senate, where he served one term from 1887 to 1891. He resigned from the seat when appointed by the governor as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. He was among the founders of the Texas State Historical Association.
He was the only former Confederate cabinet member to be sit in the US Senate after the civil war. Alexander H. Stephens, the only Confederate Vice President, was also elected in 1866 to represent Georgia, but was refused to be seated to the Senate due to his war history. Elected as the representative of the Democratic Party for the state of Texas, he sat in the Senate for just one term; he was one of just three former Confederate cabinet members to take major political offices after the war.
- ^ "Railroad Commissioners Past through Present". www.rrc.texas.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Procter, Ben H. (July 6, 2021). "Reagan, John Henninger (1818–1905)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "REAGAN, John Henninger, (1818 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
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