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R.A. Greer

Robert Autry Greer

Full Name: Robert Autry Greer
Date of birth: April 19, 1854
Date of death: December 4, 1919

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 36 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Tyler
S 14 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (1)   23rd (2)   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler

Terms of service footnotes


(1) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1893 ↩ January 11, 1893 ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
27th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Tyler

Legislatures:
24th (1)   23rd (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler

Terms of service notes


(1) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1893 ↩ January 11, 1893 ↩

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13. Galveston Daily News.
  • Biographical sketch, Hon. Robert Autry Greer, Volume III, p. 1330. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
  • Biographical sketch, Robert Autry Greer, and portrait, Greer Genealogical Website, Eighth Generation. Birth date 4/16/1854. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
  • Biographical sketch, Robert A. Greer, pp. 102-103. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

  • Robert Autry Greer, birth date 4/19/1854 in Mississippi; death date 12/4/1919 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Robert Autry Greer (1854-1919), burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County. Find a Grave.
  • "Veteran Beaumont Attorney, Robert A. Greer, Dies at Home," 12/5/1919, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
  • "Judge Robert A. Greer Dead, Passing Away in Beaumont: Brother of Judge Hal W. Greer of Laredo and First of Grand Sons of Micajah Autrey to Pass Away," 12/7/1919, p. 10. Laredo Weekly Times.

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