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Alfred John Harper
Full Name: Alfred John Harper
Date of birth: May 17, 1864
Date of death: May 31, 1926
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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12
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Jan 12, 1909 - Sep 17, 1910
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31st
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
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Democrat
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Mexia / Limestone
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Senate President Pro Tempore (31st)
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Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson
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S
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12
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909
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29th
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
30th
(6)
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Democrat
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Groesbeck / Limestone
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Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson
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S
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12
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Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
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28th
(11)
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Democrat
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Groesbeck / Limestone
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Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson
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(1)
J.R. Astin, in special election 11/8/1910, succeeded Alfred J. Harper, resigned 9/21/1910.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2)
31st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/11/1909, 2nd C.S.
Senate Journal.
(3)
Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415.
Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
(4)
"Senator Harper resigned; recently nominated to criminal appellate court is cause of action," 9/18/1910, p. 7. "Mexia, Texas, 9/17 - Senator A.J. Harper has forwarded to Governor Campbell his resignation as senator from this the Twelfth District . . . "
Galveston Daily News.
(5)
31st Legislature - 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call as "Senator-elect."
Senate Journal.
(6)
30th Legislature - 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the hold-over Senators."
Senate Journal.
(7)
Mexia, Limestone County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8)
29th Legislature - 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the Senators-elect."
Senate Journal.
(9)
A.J. Harper of Limestone County.
Senate Journal.
(10)
Groesbeck.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(11)
28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
HARPER, ALFRED JOHN (1864-1926).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Alfred J. Harper, volume IV, pp. 1608-1609.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Alfred John Harper, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1911-1917.
Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Portraits and biographical sketches, "Our Friends in the Legislature," Volume V, No. 1, May 1909, pp. 14-17.
Texas State Journal of Medicine, 1905.
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Other Resources |
Portrait.
Texas Jurists, 1836 - 1936, 1936.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
A.J. Harper, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph.
A.J. Harper, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
A.J. Harper, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
A.J. Harper, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
A.J. Harper, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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