Texas Legislators: Past & Present

J. Roy Hardin

Full Name: James Roy Hardin
Birth date: October 20, 1887
Death date: April 24, 1973

Terms of Service

Senate, 39th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
Democrat
House, 38th Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
House, 37th Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat

(1) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J. Roy Hardin, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Hardin, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J. Roy Hardin, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

James Roy Hardin, birth date 10/20/1887, death date 4/24/1973. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR .
Interment, Lone Oak Cemetery, Becker, Kaufman County, Texas. Birth date 10/20/1887, death date 4/24/1973, Headstone inscription Till we meet again, FS: Brother Stokes Family Genealogy Site 2008.