Alexander J. Pope

Full Name: Alexander J. Pope
Date of birth: July 15, 1854
Date of death: December 6, 1889

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	14	Jan 8, 1889 - Dec 6, 1889	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison
H	14	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 14
Jan 8, 1889 - Dec 6, 1889
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district: Harrison

House District 14
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
Legislatures: 20th ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district: Harrison

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Resolutions and Journal entries

22nd Legislature, R.S., 3/13/1891, pp. 589-598. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, A.J. Pope, p. 168. Born 7/15/1854 in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Alexander Pope, pp. 328-330. Born 1856 in Washington, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.

Other Resources

Biographical sketch of Hon. Alexander Pope, father of Alexander J. Pope, born 7/15/1854 in Washington, Georgia, pp. 600-601. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
Alexander Pope, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Find a Grave.
"The Keller-Wethersby Trial—Orders of the Higher Courts," 10/10/1890, p. 6. "The most important evidence introduced was the dying statement of Alexander Pope that he was shot by W.T.S. Keller while endeavoring to prevent him from shooting his brother, W.H. Pope." Galveston Daily News.
Mentioned in brother William H. Pope's obituary, "Judge Pope of Beaumont Dies in Waco Sanitarium," 2/16/1913, p. 4. "Judge Pope is survived by two brothers, Dr. John Pope of Tyler and Dr. Irwin Pope of Marshall. Another brother, Alexander Pope, was shot and killed in a sensational tragedy at the courthouse in Marshall in the early '90s, in which Judge Pope was also dangerously wounded." Galveston Daily News.
Alexander Pope, Democrat, attorney, age 33 in 1889, born in Georgia. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
Mentioned in Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics." The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900, 1971.
Hon. Alex Pope died 12/6/1889 in a Harrison County district courtroom shooting, and his brother, state senator W.H. Pope, was seriously wounded. "Tragedy at Marshall," The Galveston Daily News, 12/7/1889, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Articles in The Galveston Daily News about the trial, verdict, and aftermath, crediting Abilene Library Consortium: "Alex. Pope's Slayers: The Case Called for Trial Yesterday at Marshall," 10/8/1890, p. 5. "The Slayers of Pope on Trial," 10/8/1890, p. 2. "Weathersby Found Guilty," 10/13/1890, p. 6. "Judge Keller's Awful Fate," 1/4/1891, p. 7. Relatives: Alexander Pope and William Henry Pope - brothers. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). December 7, 1889 January 4, 1891 October 13, 1890 October 8, 1890 October 9, 1890

Photographs

Photograph. Alex Pope, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

21st R.S. - 1889 Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufacture Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Senate Bill No. 18, 'An Act to require railroad companies in this State to provide separate coaches for white and colored passengers', Special Committee of Five Town and City Corporations
20th R.S. - 1887 Internal Improvement Judiciary No. 1 Public Lands and Land Office Towns and City Corporations

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