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

Levi I. Mercer, birth date 1/26/1862 in Minnesota, death date 12/16/1925 in Dallas, furniture merchant. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Levi I. Mercer, burial in Cumby Cemetery, Cumby, Hopkins County. Find a Grave.

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

25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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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