​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