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Elias Fleming Crim

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

Terms of Service top

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

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

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

  • 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.

Other Resources

  • 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.

Photographs

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

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

54th R.S. - 1955
Banks and Banking  
Labor  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Oil, Gas, and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
53rd R.S. - 1953
Aeronautics  
Banks and Banking  
Federal Relations  
Insurance  
Labor  

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