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Harry Newton Graves Full Name: Harry Newton Graves Date of birth: April 4, 1877 Date of death: December 3, 1957 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 83 Jan 12, 1937 - Oct 28, 1937 45th (1) (2)   Democrat Georgetown / Williamson   Williamson H 83 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Georgetown / Williamson   Williamson H 83 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (3)   Democrat Georgetown / Williamson   Williamson H 83 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Georgetown / Williamson   Williamson H 83 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Georgetown / Williamson   Williamson (1) Robert Stoll, in special election 7/23/1938, succeeded Harry N. Graves, resigned 10/28/1937. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) "Texas Topics," by Raymond Brooks, 12/23/1937, p. 8. "Resignations from the legislature continue, as members take state positions . . ." - Byron England, Unemployment Compensation Commission; Charles D. Rutta, Attorney General; Harry Graves, Criminal Appeals Court. Doyle Settle working for Texas Tech, but not necessary to retire from Legislature. Port Arthur News. (3) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 55th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 53. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches GRAVES, HARRY N. (1877-1957). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait, Harry Newton Graves, Presiding Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1951-1955; Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1937-1951. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004. Memorial, February 1958, p. 136. Texas Bar Journal. Graves, Harry N. Texas State Cemetery. Other Resources Ancestral File lists Harry N. Graves, born 4/4/1877 in La Vernia, Wilson County, TX, died 12/3/1957 in Georgetown, Williamson County, TX, burial in Austin, TX. Married wife Darthula Wilcox in 1908. FamilySearch. Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937. Photographs Photograph. Harry Graves, Texas Jurists Collection Photograph. Harry Graves, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Harry Graves, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Harry Graves, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Harry Graves, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Harry Graves, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 45th R.S. - 1937 Appropriations (Chair)  Building Situation for State Departments, Special   Counties   Judiciary   Liquor Traffic   44th R.S. - 1935 Appropriations   Crowded Conditions in Capitol and State Owned Office Buildings   Judiciary   Liquor Traffic   Oil Industry and 'Hot Oil Situation,' Special   State Departments and Permanent School Fund, Special   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions Subcommittee on State Institutions for Insane, Special   43rd R.S. - 1933 Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on Hospital for Crippled and Deformed Children   Appropriations Subcommittee on Selling State Jobs   Criminal Jurisprudence   Liquor Traffic   Penitentiaries   Selling of State Jobs, Investigate Alleged (Chair)  42nd R.S. - 1931 Appropriations   Criminal Jurisprudence   Judiciary   Oil Conservation Matters, Investigate   Organization and Economy (Chair)  Penitentiaries   Rules (Chair)  41st R.S. - 1929 Appropriations   Game and Fisheries   Highway Department, Investigate   Judiciary   Liquor Traffic   Oil and Gas Leases, Investigate   Penitentiaries   Prison Centralization Commission   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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