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Thomas Willis Perkins
Full Name: Thomas Willis "Tom" Perkins
Date of birth: April 4, 1872
Date of death: August 6, 1946
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Terms of Service top
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32nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/11/1911, Regular Session.
Senate Journal.
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32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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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.
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31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
50th Legislature, R.S., SR 21, 1/28/1947, p. 108.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Obituary and photo, "Tom W. Perkins Veteran Publisher Passes Away Today," "Stores to Close Wednesday for Perkins Funeral," 8/6/1946, p. 1; "Services Held Wednesday for Tom W. Perkins," including telegrams sent to the Perkins family, 8/8/1846, pp. 1, 6.
McKinney Courier-Gazette.
Obituary, "Tom W. Perkins, 74, Veteran Newspaper Man Dies Tuesday," The McKinney Examiner, 8/8/1946, p. 1, crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Portrait and biographical sketch, Thomas W. Perkins, McKinney Courier-Gazette, Past President, 1906-07.
Texas Press Association.
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Other Resources |
Thomas Willis Perkins, birth date 4/4/1872 in Lamar County, death date 8/6/1946 in McKinney, Collin County, newspaper publisher.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Tom W. Perkins, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Thomas W. Perkins, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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