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 A. Hanger, birth date 10/9/1869 in Texas; death date 6/8/1944 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
William Arthur Hanger, birth date 10/9/1869, death date 6/8/1944, photo, burial in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave .
Obituary and photo, "W.A. Hanger, Veteran Attorney Here, Is Dead," 6/9/1944, pp. 1, 2. Born 10/9/1869 in Forest Hill. "From 1898 to 1906 Mr. Hanger served as state senator from Tarrant County, and when he resigned from the office he was president pro tem of the Senate."
Funeral tributes, "Hundreds Pay Respects to Memory of W.A. Hanger," 6/10/1944, p. 4. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
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.
Obituary, William A. Hanger, "Services Set for Texas Bar Vet," 6/9/1944, p. 2. 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.