Terms of Service

• Senate, 27th ^{(1) (2)} 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) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. E.W. Harris, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Edwin W. Harris, birth date 12/17/1861 in Henderson, Rusk County, death date 1/4/1913 in Greenville, Hunt County, journalism/editor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Edwin W. Harris (1861-1913), burial in East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County. Includes obituary of Edwin Weston Harris in Greenville Morning Herald 1/5/1913 and funeral article 1/7/1913. Find a Grave .
• Mentioned in GREENVILLE HERALD-BANNER. Handbook of Texas Online .
• 27th Legislature (1901) - E.W. Harris, Greenville, Hunt County, nativity Texas, publisher, Democrat, age 39 (born circa 1862). Texas Legislative Manual .
• Biographical sketch, E.W. Harris, pp. 65-66. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.

Committee Information

• 27th R.S. - 1901
• Apportionment  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Educational Affairs  
• Finance  
• Labor  
• Public Health  
• Public Printing (Chair)