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Levi I. Mercer

Full Name: Levi I. Mercer
Date of birth: January 26, 1862
Date of death: December 16, 1925

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 19 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Cumby / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H 19 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Cumby / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

  • Obituary, "L.I. Mercer, Former Legislator, Is Dead," 12/20/1925, p. 5. Cumby, Hopkins County, Dec. 19 - Levi I. Mercer, birth date 1/26/1862 in Minnesota. "He was also connected with a retail grocery business here for several years and along about 1898, served a term in the Legislature from this county." Dallas Morning News.
  • Biographical sketch, Levi Mercer, pp. 98-99. Born 1/26/1862 in Houston County, Minnesota. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

Photographs

  • Photograph. Levi Mercer, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. L.J. Mercer, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899
County Government and County Finances  
Education  
Insurance, Statistics, and History  
Irrigation  
Judicial Districts  
Public Debt (Chair) 
25th R.S. - 1897
Insurance, Statistics and History  
Irrigation  
State Affairs  
State Asylums  
Superintendent of Public Buildings Department, Special  

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