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Davis Evan Decker
Full Name: Davis Evan Decker
Date of birth: July 9, 1866
Date of death: August 15, 1932
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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29
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Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 8, 1907
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28th
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29th
(1)
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Democrat
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Quanah / Hardeman
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Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young
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102
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Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
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27th
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Democrat
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Quanah / Hardeman
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Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler
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102
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Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
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26th
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Democrat
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Quanah / Hardeman
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Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler
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(1)
29th Legislature - 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the hold over Senators."
Senate Journal.
(2)
28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, Volume II, p. 167. Born in Henderson County, Texas, in 1866. Married to miss Jennie Morrow with two children, Morrow and Margaret.
A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
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Other Resources |
"Decker Rites Held Wed'sday," Thursday, 8/18/1932, p. 8. Judge Davis E. Decker, well known local attorney who died Monday (8/15/1932). "His only son, Major Morrow Decker . . . "
Brownsville Herald.
Ancestral File - Davis Evan Decker, born 7/6/1865 in Edom, Van Zandt, Texas. Father Johannes Terwilliger Decker, mother Nila Renila or Ella Thompson, marriage to Jennie Bell Morrow 12/14/1895 in Quanah, Hardeman, Texas; death date 8/15/1932.
FamilySearch.
Davis Evan Decker, birth date 7/9/1866 in Edom, death date 8/15/1932 in Raymondville, Willacy County, interment in Raymondville.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
"Morrow Miscellanea," Texas State Genealogical Society. Stirpes, Tyler, Texas, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1963, p. 87, crediting Texas State Genealogical Society. Davis E. Decker married to two granddaughters of Sam Houston: Emily Preston Morrow (d. 1/3/1892) and Jennie Bell Morrow.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Photographs |
Photograph.
D.E. Decker, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
D.E. Decker, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
D.E. Decker, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
D.E. Decker, 29th 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.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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