Joseph Wilson Baines (January 24, 1846 – November 18, 1906) was

Secretary of State of Texas The Secretary of State of Texas is one of the six members of the executive department of the State of Texas in the United States. Under the Constitution of Texas, the appointment is made by the governor of Texas, with confirmation by the Texas S ...

and a member of the

Texas state legislature The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm ...

. Baines was born in

Mount Lebanon, Louisiana Mount Lebanon is a town in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 83 at the 2010 census. History Mount Lebanon was probably the first permanent settlement in what is now Bienville Parish. Its pioneers were Baptists from S ...

, and his family moved to

Anderson, Texas Anderson is a city and county seat of Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 193 as of the 2020 census. The town and its surroundings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Anderson Historic District. Th ...

when he was four. He was a son of

George Washington Baines George Washington Baines (December 29, 1809 – December 28, 1882) was an American frontier politician, editor, teacher, and Baptist preacher in Texas; he was also president and co-founder of Baylor University. Background Baines was born near ...

. He studied at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

. In 1867 he moved to

Collin County, Texas Collin County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth- Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's populat ...

, where he studied law under

James W. Throckmorton James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825April 21, 1894) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Texas from 1866 to 1867 during the early days of Reconstruction. He was a United States Congressman from Texas from 1875 to 1 ...

. Baines was involved as owner and publisher of multiple papers in

McKinney, Texas McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about north of Dallas. The U.S. Census Bureau l ...

. From 1883–1887, Baines was the Secretary of State of Texas. Later, starting in 1903, he served one term in the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...

, being succeeded by his future son-in-law

Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (October 11, 1877 – October 23, 1937) was an American businessman and politician. He was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives representing the 89th District. He served in the 29th, 30th, 35th, ...

Baines married Ruth Ament Huffman of Collin County in 1896. Both are buried at

Der Stadt Friedhof Der Stadt Friedhof (the city cemetery) is a pioneer cemetery established in 1846 along Barons Creek on the corner of East Schubert Street and Lee Street, in Fredericksburg, Texas. It is the oldest known cemetery within Fredericksburg and is the ...

Fredericksburg, Texas Fredericksburg (german: Friedrichsberg) is the seat of Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, this city had a population of 10,530. Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 and named after Prince Frederick of Prussia. O ...

. They were the parents of Rebekah Baines Johnson, and the maternal grandparents of

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

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* Goodwin, Doris Kearns. ''Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.

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* 1846 births 1906 deaths People from Bienville Parish, Louisiana People from Fredericksburg, Texas Baylor University alumni Members of the Texas House of Representatives Secretaries of State of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson family 19th-century American politicians {{Texas-politician-stub

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