Terms of Service

• House, 41st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1929 - 2/26/1930
  Democrat
  

(1) N.R. Strong, excused from 3rd Called Session through the 5th Called Session, died 2/26/1930. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 41st Legislature, 5th C.S., 2/26/1930, pp. 174-175. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. N.R. Strong, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, "Palestine Solon Died Wednesday; Second in Week," 2/27/1930, p. 3. Bryan Eagle .
• Photo and biographical sketch, Cora Gray Strong, pp. 95-96. One of the first two widows of legislators elected to the Texas Legislature (with Frances Mitchell Rountree). Relatives: N.R. Strong - husband, Cora Strong - wife. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
• Nelson R. Strong and Cora Gray were married on 10/4/1905 in Coke County. FamilySearch . Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
• Census of 1880 - Nelson R. Strong, Stephenson County, Illinois, age 18, son of Nelson and Ellen Strong.
  Census of 1920 - Nelson Strong, Anderson County, Texas, age 57, born circa 1863 in Illinois, spouse Cora, mother Ellen Strong. FamilySearch . 1920 1880
• Col. N.R. Strong, birth date 2/11/1862 in Illinois, death date 2/26/1930 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Col. N.R. Strong (1862-1930), burial in Strongs Memorial Park, Slocum, Anderson County. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/16/1929, p. 8. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Obituary, "First Mayor of City Succumbs," 2/27/1930, p. 1. Port Arthur News .

Committee Information

• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Education  
• Insurance  
• Liquor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Revenue and Taxation