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Harry Douglas Pruett Full Name: Harry Douglas Pruett, Sr. Date of birth: August 19, 1885 Date of death: December 26, 1962 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 82-2 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat Austin / Travis   Travis   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Obituary, "Pruett Dead After Attack on Street, 12/26/1962, p. 1. Harry D. Pruett, Sr., member of 49th Legislature, "authored House Bill 21 which gave Austin the rights to its river bed and 153 acres of the Sand Beach Reserve." Austin Statesman. Harry Douglas Pruett, birth date 8/19/1885, death date 12/26/1962, interment in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, Travis County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Harry Pruett, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 49th R.S. - 1945 Common Carriers   Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair)  Highways and Roads   Municipal and Private Corporations   State Affairs   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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