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William Preston Alexander
Full Name: William Preston "Will" Alexander, Sr.
Date of birth: July 28, 1867
Date of death: July 13, 1941
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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61
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Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
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39th
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Democrat
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Prairie Hill / Limestone
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Limestone
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60
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Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
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36th
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Democrat
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Prairie Hill / Limestone
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Limestone
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(1)
Prairie Hill [in Limestone county].
House Journal.
(2)
Prairie Hill, Limestone County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Mart [in McLennan county].
Texas Legislative Manual.
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MART, TEXAS. "Mart, once known as Willow Springs, is a small incorporated city eighteen miles east of Waco on State Highway 164 in the eastern corner of McLennan County." [about 12 miles southwest of Prairie Hill]
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Limestone County - Will P. Alexander.
House Journal.
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Mart [in McLennan county]; home county - Limestone.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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"Local and Personal," 10/24/1918, p. 3. "W.P. Alexander of Prairie Hill was selected to fill the vacancy on the ticket caused by the recent death of Hon. A.H. Seawright . . ."
Mexia Weekly Herald.
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Mart [in McLennan county].
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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47th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 6, 9/10/1941, p. 35, "a valuable citizen and resident of Coolidge and Prairie Hill."
Resolutions - Memorial.
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William Preston Alexander, Democrat from Mart, born in Kentucky, 34 years in Texas, age 57 in 1925.
Card File.
W.P. Alexander, birth date 7/28/1867, death date 7/13/1941, interment in Prairie Hill Cemetery, Prairie Hill, Limestone County.
Find a Grave.
36th Legislature - Will P. Alexander. 39th Legislature - William Preston Alexander.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
William P. 'Will' Alexander, Sr., 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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