Joseph Wilson Baines | |
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 Baines in 1903 | |
| Secretary of State of Texas | |
| In office January 18, 1883 – January 21, 1887 | |
| Governor | John Ireland |
| Preceded by | Thornton Hardie Bowman |
| Succeeded by | John Marks Moore |
| Member of theTexas House of Representatives from the89th district | |
| In office January 13, 1903 – January 10, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | John Lowery Little |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 24, 1846 Mount Lebanon, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | November 18, 1906(1906-11-18) (aged 60) Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Relatives | Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (son-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederacy |
| Branch/service | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1863–1865 |
| Unit | Mann's Texas Cavalry Regiment |
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Joseph Wilson Baines (January 24, 1846 – November 18, 1906) was an American journalist and politician. He was aSecretary of State of Texas and a member of theTexas House of Representatives.[1] He was the maternal grandfather of U.S. presidentLyndon B. Johnson.
Baines was born inMount Lebanon, Louisiana, and his family moved toAnderson, Texas, when he was four.[2] He was a son ofGeorge Washington Baines. He studied atBaylor University, then located inIndependence, Texas. He entered theConfederate army "while quite a youth" with William McWillie Williamson's cadets, later joining Walter L. Mann's Texas Cavalry Regiment.[3] He served for two years.[4] There is not an exact match for his name on theNational Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System although it is possible he was misrecorded with the surname Barnes.[5]
In 1868 he moved toCollin County, Texas, where he taught school for three years at Hide Out school and atRowlett. He studied law underJames W. Throckmorton andThomas Jefferson Brown, the formergovernor and futurechief justice of Texas, respectively.[4] Baines began to practice law inPlano, Texas, in 1870, later moving to nearbyMcKinney the same year. Prior to his appointment as Secretary of State byJohn Ireland in 1883, Baines was the publisher,[6] editor, and proprietor of theMcKinney Advocate.[3] He was re–appointed to the Secretaryship after Ireland's second inauguration.[7] He was involved as owner and publisher of multiple papers inMcKinney, Texas.[2] Baines was the Secretary of State of Texas until 1887. Later, beginning in 1903, he was a member of theTexas House of Representatives for one term,[8] and was succeeded by his future son-in-lawSamuel Ealy Johnson Jr.[2]
Baines married Ruth Ament Huffman, daughter of John S. Huffman, who was one of thePeter's colonists. Baines moved toFredericksburg, Texas, after serving in the legislature.[4] Both Baines and his wife are buried together atDer Stadt Friedhof, on the first row, near theNational Museum of the Pacific War. They were the parents of Rebekah Baines Johnson, and the maternal grandparents ofLyndon B. Johnson, the 36thpresident of the United States.[2] he died in Fredericksburg Texas in 1906
Joseph W. Baines was born January 24, 1846, came to Texas when a boy, was educated at Independence, Washington county, served in the Confederate army until peace was declared, and then moved to Collin county where he taught school and studied law whenever his duties left him an hour at his disposal. In 1870, he began the practice of law at Plano, moved to McKinney, and up to the time of appointment as Secretary of State by Governor Ireland in 1883, edited, with great ability, the McKinney Advocate. He was re–appointed to the Secretaryship after the Governor's second inauguration.
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| Preceded by Thornton Hardie Bowman | Secretary of State of Texas 1883–1887 | Succeeded by |
| Texas House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by John Lowery Little | Member of theTexas House of Representatives fromDistrict 89 (Blanco) 1903–1905 | Succeeded by |
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