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Abner Gaines Lipscomb Full Name: Abner Gaines Lipscomb Date of birth: January 16, 1854 Date of death: January 26, 1927 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 16 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th (1) (2)   Democrat Hempstead / Waller   Fort Bend, Harris, Waller S 16 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th (3) (4)   Democrat Hempstead / Waller   Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller (1) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. (2) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (3) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1902 due to redistricting. Act approved Sep. 6, 1901, 27th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 6, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (4) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal. A.G. Lipscomb. Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch and portrait, Volume II, pp. 926-927, 929. Birth date 8/16/1858. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910. Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, Y. Gaines Lipscomb, pp. 502-503. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890. Biographical sketch, Abner G. Lipscomb, pp. 59-60. Born 1/16/1854 in Washington County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Other Resources A.G. or A.J. Lipscomb, Democrat, lawyer, age 47 in 1903, born in Texas. Card File. Census of 1900 - Abner G. Lipscomb, Waller County, age 46, born August 1854 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Kate. FamilySearch. Abner Gaines Lipscomb (1855-1927), burial in Hempstead Cemetery, Waller County. Find a Grave. Death notice, "Judge Lipscomb Dies at Hempstead Home," 1/27/1927, p. 1. Judge A.G. Lipscomb, death date Wednesday morning, 1/26/1927. Lubbock Morning Avalanche. 27th Legislature (1901) - A.G. Lipscomb, Hempstead, Waller County, lawyer, nativity Texas, age 45, Democrat. 28th Legislature (1903) - A.J. Lipscomb, Hempstead, Waller County, lawyer, nativity Texas, age 47, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. 27th Waller Co., TX - Cemeteries: Hempstead City Cemetery - Lipscomb, Abner Gaines, 1855-1927, wife Kate Bedell Lipscomb. USGenWeb Project, 1996. Photographs Photograph. A.G. Lipscomb, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. A.G. Lipscomb, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Labor   Public Health   San Jacinto Battle Ground   San Jacinto Battle Ground Picture Purchasing   State Asylums (Chair)  State Penitentiaries   Town and City Corporations   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments   27th R.S. - 1901 Counties and County Boundaries (Chair)  Federal Relations   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs   Public Lands and Land Office   State Penitentiaries   Towns and City Corporations

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