Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	14	Jan 18, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901	25th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 26th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Beaumont / Jefferson		Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler

(1) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) Not listed in First Day 1/12/1897 roll of Senators-elect, p. 1, or Second Day roll call, 1/13/1897. First mention of Greer is Absent, Third Day, 1/14/1897, p. 5. Senate Journal.
(3) p. 31, 1/18/1897, "Chair laid before Senate a certified copy of the constitutional oath as administered to Senator Greer...excused from attendance on the Senate from beginning of the session until next Thursday"; "notice of qualification" in index. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, "Prominent Texas Attorney Is Dead: George C. Greer, General Counsel of Magnolia Company, Dies in Baltimore," 5/8/1920, p. 2. Death date 5/7/1920 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dallas Morning News.
Obituary, "Judge George Clapp Greer, Dallas, Dies in Baltimore," 5/8/1920, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
Biographical sketch, George C. Greer, Volume III, p. 1593. Born 1862 in San Augustine County. Moved to Beaumont in May 1896 and to Dallas in May 1914; served in state senate of the 25th and 26th Legislatures. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, George C. Greer, pp. 46-47. Born 4/24/1862 in San Augustine County. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

George Clapp Greer (1862-1920), burial in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Geo. C. Greer, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.C. Greer, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899 Colored Deaf, Dumb & Blind Asylum, Special Committee to Investigate Charges against Commerce and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Federal Relations Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Irrigation (Chair) Mutilating and Marking bills, Special Committee to investigate Towns and City Corporations
25th R.S. - 1897 Commerce and Manufacturing Constitutional Amendments Enrolled Bills Federal Relations (Chair) Finance Insurance, Statistics and History Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Irrigation Penitentiaries Public Lands State Asylums

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