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Earl Manuel Greer

Earl M. Greer
Full Name: Earl Manuel Greer
Birth date: August 18, 1886
Death date: April 7, 1963

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 33rd (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    7/23/1913 - 1/12/1915
    Democrat
(1) Special election 7/19/1913, "Overwhelming Defeat for Three Amendments. . .Dr. E.I. Clark Wins in Eighteenth Senatorial; Tom B. Coe Leads in Twelfth Representative; E.M. Greer Elected in Seventh Senatorial; H.R. Greer Elected 125th Representative," 7/20/1913, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Earl M. Greer, in special election 7/19/1913, sworn 7/23/1913, succeeded his father, William J. Greer, died 6/4/1913, after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 33rd Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of office administered and appointed on committees, 7/23/1913, pp. 16-17. Senate Journal .
(4) Earl M. Greer of Wills Point, "Baylor Men in Legislature," 8/3/1913, p. 12. Waco News-Tribune .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Portrait and biographical sketch of William Jeffries Greer (birth date 4/3/1853, death date 6/4/1913), mentions son Earl M. Greer (birth date 8/18/1886), Volume III, pp. 1318-1320. Relatives: William J. Greer - father, Earl M. Greer - son. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
  • "Moody's Friends Support Mayfield," 6/15/1930, p. 5, Earl M. Greer and two other "state democratic executive committeemen announced their support of Earle B. Mayfield for the gubernatorial nomination..." Big Spring Daily Herald .
  • "Capital Whirligig," by R.W. Barry, 1/6/1934, p. 2, fathers-sons W.J. Greer-Earl M. Greer & Albert Stone-Heber Stone. Greer succession "the only one in Texas history where a son immediately succeeded his father in the senate." Denton Record-Chronicle .
  • Census of 1900 - William J. Greer, Wills Point town, Van Zandt County, age 47, born April 1853 in South Carolina, lawyer; son Earl M. Greer, age 15, born August 1885 in Texas.
    Census of 1910 - William J. Greer, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, age 56, born circa 1854 in South Carolina, lawyer; son Earl M. Greer, age 23, born circa 1887 in Texas. FamilySearch . 1900 1910
  • Earl Manuel Greer, birth date 8/18/1886 in Texas, death date 4/7/1963 in Ragland-Fenlaw Hospital, Upshur County, father W.J. Greer, occupation: attorney, burial in White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Earl M. Greer (1886-1963) and W.J. Greer (1853-1913). White Rose Cemetery, G-H. Van Zandt County, TXGenWeb Project .

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