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Tom Shires
Full Name: George Thomas "Tom" Shires, Sr.
Date of birth: January 30, 1889
Date of death: August 21, 1931
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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97-2
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Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
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38th
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Democrat
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Waco / McLennan
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McLennan
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Obituary, "Former Member of Texas Legislature Dies . . . ," 8/21/1931, p. 8.
Corsicana Daily Sun.
Obituary, "Funeral Service Held for Tom Shires, 41," 8/23/1931, section II, p. 8. ""Tom Shires, 41, former member of the Texas Legislature from Waco."
Dallas Morning News.
George Thomas "Tom" Shires, Sr., birth date 1/30/1899, death date 8/21/1931 in Tyler, obituary, burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas.
Find a Grave.
38th Legislature (1923) - G. Tom Shires, postoffice Waco, nativity Tennessee, age 33 (born circa 1890), lawyer, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Photograph.
Tom Shires, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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