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George Taylor Jester
Full Name: George Taylor Jester
Date of birth: August 23, 1846
Date of death: July 19, 1922
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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9
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Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
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23rd
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Democrat
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Corsicana / Navarro
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Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro
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60
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Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
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22nd
(2)
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Democrat
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Corsicana / Navarro
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Navarro
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(1)
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 2 years.
Senate Journal. January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893
(2)
Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
24th Legislature - Address of Senator W.P. McComb, 4/30/1895, p. 678 and Appendix pp. 73-74. Address includes discussion of debates in the 24th Senate and presentation of silver service to Lieutenant Governor George Jester.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Sketches |
JESTER, GEORGE TAYLOR (1847-1922). Birth date 8/23/1847, death date 7/19/1922.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, "In Memoriam: George T. Jester (Editorial from Dallas News)," p. 43.
Pace's Texas Scrap Book: Containing Gems of Thought From Bench - Bar - Pulpit - Rostrum on Religious, Political and Educational Subjects, Consisting of Sermons, Prayers, Poems, Funeral Orations and Extracts From Various Sources, 1933.
Portrait and biographical sketch, George Taylor Jester, pp. 232-233. Born 8/23/1847 in Macoupin County, Illinois.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
19th Lieutenant Governor: George Taylor Jester. Photo and biographical sketch. Birth date 8/23/1846, death date 7/19/1922.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, George T. Jester, Lieutenant Governor, pp. 2-3.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, 4th Texas Regiment of John Bell Hood's brigade.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Other Resources |
George Taylor Jester, birth date 8/23/1846 in Illinois, death date 7/19/1922 in Corsicana, Navarro County.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
George T. Jester (1846-1922), Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1895-1999), portrait, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County.
Find a Grave.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
G.T. Jester, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
George Taylor Jester, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
23rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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