Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Jeffries Greer

Full Name: William Jeffries Greer
Birth date: April 3, 1853
Death date: June 4, 1913

Terms of Service

Senate, 33rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ & 32nd ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1911 - 6/4/1913
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/1/1913, Regular Session.
Senate, 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ & 30th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1907 - 1/10/1911
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) Earl M. Greer, in special election 7/19/1913, sworn 7/23/1913, succeeded his father, William J. Greer, died 6/4/1913, after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 30th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 33rd Legislature - Roll Call, holdover Senators elected on 11/8/1910 for a full period of four years, 1/14/1913, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal .
(6) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

33rd Legislature, 1st C.S., 7/21/1913, p. 13. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. William Jeffries Greer, A History of Texas and Texans
Photograph. W.J. Greer, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.J. Greer, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.J. Greer, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.J. Greer, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Portrait and biographical sketch of William Jeffries Greer (birth date 4/3/1853, death date 6/4/1913), mentions son Earl M. Greer (birth date 8/18/1886), Volume III, pp. 1318-1320. Relatives: William J. Greer - father, Earl M. Greer - son. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
"Capital Whirligig," by R.W. Barry, 1/6/1934, p. 2, fathers-sons W.J. Greer-Earl M. Greer & Albert Stone-Heber Stone. Greer succession "the only one in Texas history where a son immediately succeeded his father in the senate." Denton Record-Chronicle .
Includes brief discussion of East Texas Senators McDonald Meachum and William J. Greer, Volume III, Chapter XXXIII, "Some East Texas banking history," p. 1381. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 1940.
Census of 1900 - William J. Greer, Wills Point town, Van Zandt County, age 47, born April 1853 in South Carolina, lawyer; son Earl M. Greer, age 15, born August 1885 in Texas.
Census of 1910 - William J. Greer, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, age 56, born circa 1854 in South Carolina, lawyer; son Earl M. Greer, age 23, born circa 1887 in Texas. FamilySearch . 1900 1910
Portrait, "In the Legislative Gallery," 2/3/1907, p. 6. Houston Post .
Earl M. Greer (1886-1963) and W.J. Greer (1853-1913). White Rose Cemetery, G-H. Van Zandt County, TXGenWeb Project .