[1] An 1850 graduate of Harvard Law School, Navarro later served in the Texas Instrument.
Navarro served as an elected representative in the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Texas legislatures.
Navarro was also the chair of a committee charged with translating Spanish language documents into English.
[2] Navarro's public service coincided with Sam Houston's term as Governor of Texas, during which Houston sent Navarro and state Senator Robert H. Taylor to conduct an investigation of the Cortina Troubles in the Rio Grande area.
It was during the Eighth Texas Legislature that Texas joined with other Southern states in signing the Ordinance of Secession, and during which Houston was dismissed from office for his refusal to swear an allegiance to the Confederate States of America.