Julien Capers Hyer

Full Name: Julien Capers Hyer
Date of birth: April 1, 1894
Date of death: March 23, 1974

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald.
(2) "Texas' Only Woman Senator Introduces Resolution for Condemnation Mrs. Hoover," 6/18/1929, p. 9. "Senator Tom Love, Dallas, and Senator Julien C. Hyer, Fort Worth, democrats . . . " Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light.
(3) Julien C. Hyer, in special election 12/3/1928, sworn 41st Legislature, succeeded Robert A. Stuart, resigned 10/25/1928. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 28
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
Biographical sketch, Julien C. Hyer Lions Youth Camp, 1996.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Colonel, World War II service. Colonel Hyer was called to active duty from the Officers' Reserve in January 1941. He became judge advocate of the Fourth Army in July 1944. Dallas Morning News.
United States Army, Captain, World War I. Julien C. Hyer, birth date 4/1/1894 in Greenville, South Carolina; residence in Waco, McLennan County. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
Judge Advocate of the Fifteenth Army, World War II. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Other Resources

Julien Capers Hyer, birth date 4/1/1894 in Columbia, South Carolina; death date 3/23/1974 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County; federal judge, district court. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Obituary and photo, "Julien Hyer Dies; Services Pending," 3/24/1974, p. 6. Elected to the Texas Senate in 1929. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Photographs

Photograph. Julien C. Hyer, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929
Civil Jurisprudence
Commerce and Manufacture
Criminal Jurisprudence
Educational Affairs
Finance
Labor
Meridian College
Military Affairs
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage
Public Health
Public Printing
State Highways and Motor Traffic (Vice Chair)
State Institutions and Departments (Chair)
Stock and Stock Raising

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