Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Davis Evan Decker

Full Name: Davis Evan Decker
Birth date: July 9, 1866
Death date: August 15, 1932

Terms of Service

Senate, 29th ⁽²⁾ & 28th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1903 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
House, 27th Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
House, 26th Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Democrat

(1) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. D.E. Decker, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.E. Decker, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.E. Decker, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.E. Decker, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Hon. Davis E. Decker, Volume II, p. 167. Born in Henderson County, Texas, in 1866. Married to miss Jennie Morrow with two children, Morrow and Margaret. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
"Decker Rites Held Wed'sday," Thursday, 8/18/1932, p. 8. Judge Davis E. Decker, well known local attorney who died Monday (8/15/1932). "His only son, Major Morrow Decker . . . " Brownsville Herald .
Davis Evan Decker, birth date 7/9/1866 in Edom, death date 8/15/1932 in Raymondville, Willacy County, interment in Raymondville. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
"Morrow Miscellanea," Texas State Genealogical Society. Stirpes, Tyler, Texas, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1963, p. 87, crediting Texas State Genealogical Society. Davis E. Decker married to two granddaughters of Sam Houston: Emily Preston Morrow (d. 1/3/1892) and Jennie Bell Morrow. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Davis E. Decker, pp. 95-96. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.