Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Julien Capers Hyer

Full Name: Julien Capers Hyer
Birth date: April 1, 1894
Death date: March 23, 1974

Terms of Service

Senate, 41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald .
(2) "Texas' Only Woman Senator Introduces Resolution for Condemnation Mrs. Hoover," 6/18/1929, p. 9. "Senator Tom Love, Dallas, and Senator Julien C. Hyer, Fort Worth, democrats . . . " Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light .
(3) Julien C. Hyer, in special election 12/3/1928, sworn 41st Legislature, succeeded Robert A. Stuart, resigned 10/25/1928. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. Julien C. Hyer, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

United States Army, Colonel, World War II service. Colonel Hyer was called to active duty from the Officers' Reserve in January 1941. He became judge advocate of the Fourth Army in July 1944. Dallas Morning News .
Julien Capers Hyer, birth date 4/1/1894, death date 3/23/1974 in Fort Worth. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Obituary, "Texan by Choice Was a Man of Diverse Interests," 5/22/2002. Born 1895, death date 3/25/1974. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Biographical sketch, Julien C. Hyer Lions Youth Camp 1996.