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Eugene L. Harris Full Name: Eugene L. Harris Date of birth: December 1, 1886 Date of death: August 27, 1954 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 119 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, El Paso   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch, "Young Lawyer as a Maker of Laws: El Paso's Representative the Youngest Who Ever Served the County," El Paso Herald, 1/24/1914, p. 7. Birth date 12/1/1886, son of "pioneering El Pasoans" William J. and Emilie Harris, attorney. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Other Resources Eugene L. Harris, birth date 12/1/1886, death date 8/27/1954, parents William J. Harris and Elizabeth Emilie Davis Harris, burial in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston. Find a Grave. "Harris Rites in Chapel at 10 AM Today," Monday, 8/30/1954, section 1, page 9, and obituaries: Saturday, 8/28/1954, Sunday, 8/29/1954 and Monday, 8/30/1954. Death date Friday, 8/27/1954 at 8:20 PM. Houston Post. 33rd Legislature (1913) - Eugene L. Harris, postoffice El Paso, nativity Texas, age 26, lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Eugene L. Harris, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 33rd R.S. - 1913 Congressional Districts   Criminal Jurisprudence   Mines and Mining (Vice Chair)  Municipal Corporations   Stock and Stock Raising   Visit State University, Special

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