Terms of Service

• House, 45th Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  
• House, 44th Legislature
  1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  
• House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 51st Legislature, R.S., HCR 130. Age 70 at death. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Gaston Palmer, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Gaston Palmer, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Gaston Palmer, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Elias Gaston Palmer, birth date 11/23/1878 in Pittsboro, Mississippi, death date 3/20/1948 in Normangee, Leon County, Texas, merchant, retail grocer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Gaston Palmer, birth date 11/23/1878, death date 3/20/1948, burial in Hopewell Cemetery, Normangee, Leon County. Includes reprint of obituary in Normangee Star, 3/26/1948: "Mr. Palmer was former state representative from Leon and Madison counties. He served in the state legislature in that capacity until 1939." Find a Grave .
• Mentioned in obituary of his daughter, Eugenia Jean Palmer Parsons, 1/7/2009. Palestine Herald-Press .

Committee Information

• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Banks and Banking  
• Common Carriers  
• Military Affairs  
• Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Banks and Banking  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections  
• School Districts  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) 
• Common Carriers  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Penitentiaries  
• Revenue and Taxation