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Alva Pearl Barrett Full Name: Alva Pearl Barrett Date of birth: April 12, 1878 Date of death: March 23, 1953 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 3 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909 30th (1) (2)   29th (3)   Democrat Bonham / Fannin Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)   Fannin, Lamar H 34 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Bonham / Fannin   Fannin (1) 30th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/12/1907, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (2) 30th Legislature - 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the hold-over Senators." Senate Journal. (3) 29th Legislature - 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the Senators-elect." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, Marcus Lafayette Barrett, pp. 105, Fannin County Folks and Facts: A.P. Barrett (1878-1953), Bachelor of Law degree, University of Texas 1905. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Other Resources Obituary, "A.P. Barrett, UT Ex, Dies at 74 in Ft. Worth," 3/31/1953, p. 1. Former state president pro-tem of the Senate. Daily Texan. A.P. Barrett, birth date 4/2/1878, death date 3/23/1953. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Alva Pearl Barrett, birth date 4/12/1878. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Alva Pearl 'A.P.' Barrett, birth date 4/12/1878 on grave marker, death date 3/23/1953, interment in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio. Served in Texas House of Representatives, 28th Legislature, and Texas Senate, 29th-30th Legislature. Find a Grave. Obituary, "State Industry Leader Dies," 3/24/1953, p. 20. Lubbock Evening Journal. Speech on "The Mission of the Public School" mentioned in "Hunt Co., TX - Schools - Looking Back - School Closed At Celeste - Large Number of Graduates and Splendid Address by Senator Barrett," 5/30/1908. TXGenWeb Project. Bachelor of Laws, Alva Pearl Barrett of Bonham; Volume VI, February 1905 to June 1906 with a general index to volumes I to VI, August 1905, pp. 154-155. The University of Texas Record, 1905. Photographs Photograph. A.P. Barrett, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. A.P. Barrett, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. A.P. Barrett, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 30th R.S. - 1907 New York American, Investigate   Constitutional Amendments   David Crockett Painting   Educational Affairs (Chair)  Engrossed Bills   Federal Relations   Finance   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Debts, Claims and Accounts   29th R.S. - 1905 Agricultural Affairs   Commerce and Manufactures   Confederate Home, Investigate   County and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Engrossed Bills (Chair)  Finance   Military Affairs   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Debts, Claims and Accounts   State Affairs   28th R.S. - 1903 Education   Educational Affairs Subcommittee on Revising the School Laws   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   San Jacinto Battle Ground

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