Alex Brice

Alexander Brice

Full Name: Alexander "Alex" Brice
Date of birth: October 22, 1865
Date of death: June 26, 1959

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 126 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H 126 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H 126 Mar 9, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

(1) 40th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered (to Alexander Brice), 3/9/1927, pp. 1144-1145. No committee appointments listed in Regular or 1st C.S. House Journal.
(2) Alexander Brice, sworn 3/9/1927, succeeded H.H. Moore, expelled 2/8/1927. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in subsequent Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 126
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
Counties in district: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
House District 126
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
Counties in district: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
House District 126
Mar 9, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
Counties in district: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

(1) 40th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered (to Alexander Brice), 3/9/1927, pp. 1144-1145. No committee appointments listed in Regular or 1st C.S. House Journal.
(2) Alexander Brice, sworn 3/9/1927, succeeded H.H. Moore, expelled 2/8/1927. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in subsequent Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/23/1929, p. 14. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

  • Alexander Brice, birth date 10/22/1865 in Mississippi, death date 6/26/1959 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, retired farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Alex Brice, birth date 10/22/1865, death date 6/26/1959, burial in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, with spouse Ella Brice. Find a Grave.
  • Brice, Alex (born c.1866) — of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Tex. Born in Mississippi. Member of Texas state house of representatives 126th District, 1927-29. Burial location unknown. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.

Photographs

  • Photograph. Alex Brice, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Alex Brice, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Alex Brice, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931
Agriculture  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Vice Chair) 
Game and Fisheries  
Penitentiaries  
41st R.S. - 1929
Agriculture  
Banks and Banking  
Federal Relations (Chair) 
Penitentiaries  

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