Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Alfred John Harper

Full Name: Alfred John Harper
Birth date: May 17, 1864
Death date: May 31, 1926

Terms of Service

Senate, 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 9/17/1910
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/11/1909, 2nd C.S.
Senate, 30th ⁽⁷⁾ & 29th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1905 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
Senate, 28th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) "Senator Harper resigned; recently nominated to criminal appellate court is cause of action," 9/18/1910, p. 7. "Mexia, Texas, 9/17 - Senator A.J. Harper has forwarded to Governor Campbell his resignation as senator from this the Twelfth District . . . " Galveston Daily News .
(3) Mexia, Limestone County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) J.R. Astin, in special election 11/8/1910, succeeded Alfred J. Harper, resigned 9/21/1910. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(6) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(7) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(8) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(9) A.J. Harper of Limestone County. Senate Journal .
(10) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(11) Groesbeck. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. A.J. Harper, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Harper, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Harper, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alf. J. Harper, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Harper, Texas Jurists Collection

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Alfred J. Harper, volume IV, pp. 1608-1609. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
HARPER, ALFRED JOHN (1864-1926). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait, Alfred John Harper, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1911-1917. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2004.
Portraits and biographical sketches, "Our Friends in the Legislature," Volume V, No. 1, May 1909, pp. 14-17. Texas State Journal of Medicine 1905.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Alfred John Harper, pp. 273-275. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive 1918.