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Julien C. Hyer

Julien Capers Hyer

Full Name: Julien Capers Hyer
Date of birth: April 1, 1894
Date of death: March 23, 1974

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 28 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st (1) (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant

Terms of service footnotes


(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald. ↩
(2) "Texas' Only Woman Senator Introduces Resolution for Condemnation Mrs. Hoover," 6/18/1929, p. 9. "Senator Tom Love, Dallas, and Senator Julien C. Hyer, Fort Worth, democrats . . . " Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. ↩
(3) Julien C. Hyer, in special election 12/3/1928, sworn 41st Legislature, succeeded Robert A. Stuart, resigned 10/25/1928. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(4) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
41st (1) (2) (3) (4)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district:
Tarrant

Terms of service notes


(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald. ↩
(2) "Texas' Only Woman Senator Introduces Resolution for Condemnation Mrs. Hoover," 6/18/1929, p. 9. "Senator Tom Love, Dallas, and Senator Julien C. Hyer, Fort Worth, democrats . . . " Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. ↩
(3) Julien C. Hyer, in special election 12/3/1928, sworn 41st Legislature, succeeded Robert A. Stuart, resigned 10/25/1928. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(4) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Biographical sketch, Julien C. Hyer Lions Youth Camp, 1996.

  • United States Army, Colonel, World War II service. Colonel Hyer was called to active duty from the Officers' Reserve in January 1941. He became judge advocate of the Fourth Army in July 1944. Dallas Morning News.
  • United States Army, Captain, World War I. Julien C. Hyer, birth date 4/1/1894 in Greenville, South Carolina; residence in Waco, McLennan County. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
  • Judge Advocate of the Fifteenth Army, World War II. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

  • Julien Capers Hyer, birth date 4/1/1894 in Columbia, South Carolina; death date 3/23/1974 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County; federal judge, district court. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Obituary and photo, "Julien Hyer Dies; Services Pending," 3/24/1974, p. 6. Elected to the Texas Senate in 1929. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
    • Selected newspaper articles

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