Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Abner Gaines Lipscomb

Full Name: Abner Gaines Lipscomb
Birth date: January 16, 1854
Death date: January 26, 1927

Terms of Service

Senate, 28th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
Senate, 27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1902 due to redistricting. Act approved Sep. 6, 1901, 27th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 6, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal .
A.G. Lipscomb. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. A.G. Lipscomb, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.G. Lipscomb, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Abner G. Lipscomb, Waller County, age 46, born August 1854 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Kate. FamilySearch .
Abner Gaines Lipscomb (1855-1927), burial in Hempstead Cemetery, Waller County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch and portrait, Volume II, pp. 926-927, 929. Birth date 8/16/1858. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.
Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, Y. Gaines Lipscomb, pp. 502-503. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
A.G. or A.J. Lipscomb, Democrat, lawyer, age 47 in 1903, born in Texas. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Death notice, "Judge Lipscomb Dies at Hempstead Home," 1/27/1927, p. 1. Judge A.G. Lipscomb, death date Wednesday morning, 1/26/1927. Lubbock Morning Avalanche .
27th Legislature (1901) - A.G. Lipscomb, Hempstead, Waller County, lawyer, nativity Texas, age 45, Democrat.
28th Legislature (1903) - A.J. Lipscomb, Hempstead, Waller County, lawyer, nativity Texas, age 47, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual . 27th
Biographical sketch, Abner G. Lipscomb, pp. 59-60. Born 1/16/1854 in Washington County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.