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George C. Greer
Full Name: George Clapp Greer
Date of birth: April 24, 1862
Date of death: May 7, 1920
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
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14
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Jan 18, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901
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25th
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(3)
26th
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Democrat
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Beaumont / Jefferson
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Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
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(1)
26th Legislature - 1/10/1899, p. 1, listed in "roll of hold-over Senators."
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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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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.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch - Hon. George C. Greer, volume 3, p. 1593. "Distinguished lawyer of Dallas"; born 1862 in San Augustine County. Moved to Beaumont in May, 1896, and to Dallas May 1, 1914.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, birth date 4/24/1862.
Texas State Government: a Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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Other Resources |
International Genealogical Index - George Clapp Greer. Birth 4/24/1862 in San Augustine Co., TX, death 5/7/1920 in Baltimore, MD., Johns Hopkins Hosp., father Lewis Vance Greer, mother Maria Blakely McLauren, spouse Margaret Eugenia Broocks, title "Hon."
FamilySearch.
George Clapp Greer (1862-1920), interment in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas.
Find a Grave.
"Judge George Clapp Greer, Dallas, dies in Baltimore," 5/8/1920, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
George C. Greer, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
George C. Greer, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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.
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