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Bailey W. Hardy

Bailey Whitson Hardy

Full Name: Bailey Whitson Hardy
Date of birth: April 1, 1897
Date of death: March 22, 1939

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 108 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Palo Pinto, Stephens
H 108 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Palo Pinto, Stephens

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
42nd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district:
Palo Pinto, Stephens

Legislatures:
41st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district:
Palo Pinto, Stephens

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/26/1929, sec. 2, p. 2. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, May 1939, p. 145. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Private 1st Class, 17th Company, Central Officers' Training School. Bailey Whitson Hardy, residence in Breckenridge, birth date 4/1/1897, enlistment date 8/13/1918, discharge date 11/30/1918, death date 1942. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
  • Bailey Whitson Hardy, birth date 4/1/1897 in Waco; home address in Washington, D.C.; employer House of Representatives; draft registration 6/5/1918 in Washington, D.C. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  • United States Army, Lieutenant, World War I. "Soon after his graduation [1918], he entered the Officers Training School at Peterburg, Va., where he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army shortly before the Armistice." Memorial, May 1939, p. 145. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Obituary, "Hardy Funeral to Be Saturday," 3/24/1939, p. 1. Member of the 41st and 42nd Legislatures. Austin Statesman.
  • Bailey W. Hardy, birth date 4/1/1897 in Waco; death date 3/22/1939 in Austin, Travis County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.

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