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A.P. Barrett

Alva Pearl Barrett

Full Name: Alva Pearl Barrett
Date of birth: April 12, 1878
Date of death: March 23, 1953

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 3 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909 30th (1) (2)   29th (3)   Democrat Bonham / Fannin Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)   Fannin, Lamar
H 34 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Bonham / Fannin   Fannin

Terms of service footnotes


(1) 30th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/12/1907, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
30th (1) (2)   29th (3)  
Leadership role:
Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)
(29th)
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Bonham / Fannin
Counties in district:
Fannin, Lamar

Legislatures:
28th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Bonham / Fannin
Counties in district:
Fannin

Terms of service notes


(1) 30th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/12/1907, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Obituary, "A.P. Barrett, UT Ex, Dies at 74 in Ft. Worth," 3/31/1953, p. 1. Former state president pro-tem of the Senate. Daily Texan.
  • A.P. Barrett, birth date 4/2/1878 in Tennessee; death date 3/23/1953 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; financier/oil. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Alva Pearl Barrett, birth date 4/12/1878; permanent home address in San Antonio, Bexar County; attorney, farmer, miner; draft registration 9/6/1918. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  • A.P. Barrett, birth date 4/12/1878, death date 3/23/1953, burial in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, A.P. Barrett, "State Industry Leader Dies," 3/24/1953, p. 20. Lubbock Evening Journal.
  • Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, Marcus Lafayette Barrett, p. 105. A.P. Barrett (1878-1953), Bachelor of Law degree, University of Texas 1905. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Speech on "The Mission of the Public School" mentioned in "Hunt Co., TX - Schools - Looking Back - School Closed At Celeste - Large Number of Graduates and Splendid Address by Senator Barrett," 5/30/1908. Hunt County, TXGenWeb Project.
  • Bachelor of Laws, Alva Pearl Barrett of Bonham; Volume VI, February 1905 to June 1906 with a general index to volumes I to VI, August 1905, pp. 154-155. The University of Texas Record, 1905.

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