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Ray Holder

Ray Wesley Holder

Full Name: Ray Wesley Holder
Date of birth: November 19, 1887
Date of death: February 14, 1953

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 50-4 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Lancaster / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-4 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Lancaster / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-4 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Lancaster / Dallas   Dallas

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
42nd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lancaster / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
41st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lancaster / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Legislatures:
40th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lancaster / Dallas
Counties in district:
Dallas

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/31/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, April 1953, p. 266. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Captain, Infantry Cavalry, Texas National Guard. Ray W. Holder, residence in Lancaster, birth date 11/19/1887, enlistment date 3/20/1913, discharge date 3/28/1923, death date 2/14/1953. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
  • United States Army, Private, World War I. "He attended the University of Texas, taught school in Austin, which position he resigned in 1918 to enter the army as a private in World War I." Resolutions - Memorial.
  • National Guard, Captain, World War I. Memorial, April 1953, p. 266. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Obituary and photo, "Ray Holder Dies at 65; Housing Manager, Lawyer," 2/15/1953, p. 6. Dallas Morning News.
  • Ray Wesley Holder, birth date 11/19/1887 in Whitney, Texas; death date 2/14/1953 in Dallas, Dallas County; attorney; served in World War I; removal to Lancaster. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Ray Wesley Holder (1887-1953), burial in Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Dallas County, with spouse Pearl Burnett Holder. Find a Grave.

  • Photograph. Ray Holder, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Ray Holder, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Ray Holder, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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