Terms of Service

• House, 27th ^{(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)} Legislature
  1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
  Democrat
  

(1) Lamarque, Galveston County. House Journal .
(2) Galveston, Galveston County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Galveston County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(4) Lamarque. Texas Legislative Manual .
(5) Lamarque. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. W.P. Tarpey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• William Peter Tarpey, Sr., birth date 5/22/1873 in La Marque, death date 2/22/1941 in Galveston County, burial in Galveston Memorial Park. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• "Funeral Services Set Today for William P. Tarpey," 2/23/1941, p. 2. Died early at his home "yesterday" (2/22/1941), "elected to the Legislature in 1901 and served 2 terms in the House of Representatives from Galveston County." Galveston Daily News .
• Biographical sketch, William P. Tarpey, pp. 146-147. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.

Committee Information

• 27th R.S. - 1901
• County Government and County Finances  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries