John H. Reagan Monument
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Marker Text: Reagan Monument. Unveiled July 6, 1911. Sponsored by John H. Reagan Chapter, UDC. Pompeo Coppini, Sculptor.
(Right): "The Old Roman's highest ambition was to do his full duty; consciousness of having done it was his ample reward." (Left): "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver or gold." (Bronze Plaque on Back): Probate Judge Henderson County Texas 1846, 1847 Representative Texas Legislature 1847, 1848 District Judge in Texas 1852, 1857 Representative from Texas U.S. Congress 1857, 1861 Representative from Texas Provisional Congress Confederate States of America 1861 Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America 1861, 1865 Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States of America 1865 Delegate to Convention framing Constitution of Texas of 1874, 1875 Representative from Texas U.S. Congress 1875, 1887 Senator from Texas U.S. Congress 1887, 1891 Chairman Railroad Commission of Texas 1891, 1902 Author Memoirs of Secession and the Civil War 1902, 1905 |
Marker No: 8802
Statue
National Register of Historic Places
Geographic: 31.757799, -95.625298
Location: corner of East Park and Crockett (US 287) Streets, Palestine