Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	25	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Greenville / Hunt	Speaker	Hunt
H	25	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Greenville / Hunt		Hunt
H	25	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Greenville / Hunt		Hunt

(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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Biographical Sketches

ALEXANDER, FRANKLIN PIERCE (1853-1913). Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary, "F.P. Alexander Dies," Frederick Weekly Enterprise (Frederick, Oklahoma), 8/29/1913, p. 4. "He was born in one of the Carolinas, moving to Greenville, Texas, when a young man where he married Col. J.C. Bayne's daughter. He was connected with several papers in the Lone Star State, was elected to the legislature and was for a time speaker of the lower house." Newspapers.com.
Biographical sketch, F.P. Alexander, pp. 5-6. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Frank P. Alexander, pp. 99-101. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Frank P. Alexander, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, pp. 220-222. Born 9/1/1853 in Pickens, South Carolina. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
30th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Franklin Pierce Alexander. Photo and biographical sketch. Alexander born "apparently on September 1, 1853, although one source cites the same date in 1855." Death date 8/25/1913. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.

Other Resources

Franklin P. Alexander, birth date 9/1/1853, death date 8/25/1913, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Wapanucka, Johnston County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. F.P. Alexander, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.P. Alexander, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Franklin Pierce Alexander, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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

20th R.S. - 1887 Finance Insurance, Statistics and History (Chair) Internal Improvement New Capitol, Governor's Message (Chair) Public Printing
19th R.S. - 1885 Insurance and Statistics (Chair) Internal Improvement State Affairs

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