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Edwin Pinkney Palmer Full Name: Edwin Pinkney Palmer Date of birth: September 24, 1885 Date of death: November 17, 1949 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 31 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Alto / Cherokee   Cherokee   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Death notice, "Former Texas Solon Succumbs at Alto," 11/17/1949, p. 3. Bryan Eagle. Edwin Pinkney Palmer, birth date 9/24/1885, death date 11/17/1949, burial in Alto City Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee County. Find a Grave. Obituary, Edwin Pinkney Palmer, "Palmer Rites Held Friday Afternoon," Alto Herald, 11/24/1949, p. 1, crediting the Stella Hill Memorial Library. In 1929, "ran and was elected as Cherokee's representative in the lower house of the legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 41st Legislature (1929) - E.P. Palmer, postoffice Alto, nativity Texas, age 43, farmer and stockman. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. E.P. Palmer, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Claims and Accounts (Vice Chair)  Live Stock and Stock Raising   School Districts   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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