Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Orion Elwin Gerron

Full Name: Orion Elwin Gerron
Birth date: September 21, 1906
Death date: May 14, 1952

Terms of Service

House, 49th Legislature
1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
Democrat
House, 41st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/8/1929 - 7/20/1929
Democrat

(1) S. Bowden Farrar, in special election 12/3/1929, sworn 1/20/1930, succeeded Elwin Gerron, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 144, naming Thomas Gerald Gerron, son of Rep. O.E. Gerron, mascot of the House, pp. 586-587. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

Photograph. Elwin Gerron, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.E. Gerron, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Orion Elwin Gerron, birth date 9/21/1906 in Durant, Oklahoma; death date 5/14/1952 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas; lawyer, county judge. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Orion Elwin Gerron, birth date 9/21/1906, death date 5/14/1952, burial in Ector County Cemetery, Odessa. Stone in memory of Judge Orion Elwin Gerron, birth date 9/21/1906, death date 5/14/1952, son of Walter Jay & Loudie Patterson Gerron, in Elm Branch Cemetery, Bardwell, Ellis County. Find a Grave . Ector County Ellis County
Obituary, Orion Elwin Gerron, "Judge Gerron Dies After Long Illness; Services Pending," 5/15/1952, p. 1. Gerron "had been one of Texas' youngest legislators ever elected, when he served Ellis County at Austin." Marriage to Lucille Carney 2/21/1930. Odessa American .
Obituary and photo, "Ector Judge Gerron Dies; Rites Saturday," 5/16/1952, p. 11. San Angelo Standard-Times .
49th Legislature (1945) - O.E. Gerron, postoffice Odessa, Ector County, nativity Oklahoma, age 38 (born circa 1907), lawyer, member of previous legislatures 41st. Texas Legislative Manual .