Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Arthur Hanger

Full Name: William Arthur Hanger
Birth date: October 9, 1869
Death date: June 8, 1944

Terms of Service

Senate, 29th ⁽⁴⁾ & 28th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1903 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/10/1905, Regular Session.
Senate, 27th ⁽³⁾ & 26th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1899 - 1/13/1903
Democrat

(1) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 233, pp. 2198-2199. Birth date 10/9/1869, death date 6/8/1944. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. W.A. Hanger, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Hanger, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Hanger, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Hanger, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

William Arthur Hanger, birth date 10/9/1869, death date 6/8/1944, burial in Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Includes portraits. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
Portrait William B. [sic] Hanger, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
"Services Set for Texas Bar Vet," 6/9/1944, p. 2 (Fort Worth, Associated Press). Died Thursday at 9:40 p.m., 6/8/1944. San Antonio Light .
Portrait and biographical sketch, p. 131. Texans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work 1918.
Memorial, October 1944, p. 334. Texas Bar Journal .
Biographical sketch, William A. Hanger, p. 80. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.