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E.F. Crim

Elias Fleming Crim

Full Name: Elias Fleming Crim, Jr.
Date of birth: November 11, 1919
Date of death: June 15, 2012

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 16 Jan 11, 1955 - Aug 1, 1956 54th (1)   Democrat Henderson / Rusk   Rusk
H 16 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat Henderson / Rusk   Rusk

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Crim resigned 8/1/1956. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
54th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Legislatures:
53rd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Terms of service notes


(1) Crim resigned 8/1/1956. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information

  • Elias Fleming Crim, Jr., son of Elias Fleming Crim, Sr. and Mattie Spharler Crim. Born 11/11/1919 in Henderson, Rusk County. "Like his father, E.F. Jr. also made many contributions to the City of Henderson. In 1953 and 1955, he served two sessions as a Representative in the State Legislature during Governor Alan [sic] Shivers' administration." Texas Historical Commission documentation dated 6/27/2005 for the 1913 Elias and Mattie Crim House at 310 East Main Street, Henderson, Rusk County, National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet, Section 8, pp. 14-15. Texas Historical Commission.

  • Elias F. Crim (1919-2012), Rusk County Memorial Gardens, Henderson, Rusk County. Find a Grave.
  • Death notice, E.F. Crim, 6/17/2012, p. B2. Born 11/11/1919 in Henderson, died 6/15/2012 in Tyler. Longview News-Journal.
  • Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.

  • Photograph. E.F. Crim, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. E.F. Crim, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

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