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George Douglas Neal
Full Name: George Douglas Neal
Date of birth: October 7, 1853
Date of death: July 13, 1916
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
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15
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Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903
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27th
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(2)
26th
(3)
27th
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(2)
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Democrat
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Navasota / Grimes
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Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)
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Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
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15
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Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
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25th
(4)
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Democrat
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Navasota / Grimes
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Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
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(1)
27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/9/1901, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
Senate Journal.
(2)
27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2.
Senate Journal.
(3)
26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2.
Senate Journal.
(4)
25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Obituary, "Gov. Neal of Navasota Dead: Was Former Lieutenant Governor, Member of the Legislature and Judge of His County," 7/20/1916, p. 7.
Bryan Eagle.
NEAL, GEORGE D. (1853-1916). In 1896, was elected to the Texas Senate to fill the unexpired term of W.P. McComb.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary, "George D. Neal, Former Lieutenant Governor, Died," 7/14/1916, p. 2.
Houston Post.
21st Lieutenant Governor: George D. Neal. Photo and biographical sketch.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, George D. Neal, pp. 51-52.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, George D. Neal, pp. 69-70.
The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Biographical sketch, pp. 275-276. " . . . Elected to State Senate in 1896 to serve the unexpired term of Senator W.P. McComb, deceased, at the expiration of which he was re-elected for a full term of four years."
Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.
Biographical sketch and portrait, George Douglas Neal, pp. 188-189.
Year Book for Texas, Volume II, 1903.
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Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data.
Early History of Grimes County, 1930.
Early History of Grimes County
George D. Neal, birth date 10/7/1853, death date 7/13/1916, burial in
Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County; photos of George D. Neal, County Judge 1884-1886, and George D. Neal home in Navasota.
Find a Grave.
"George Douglas Neal, lieutenant-governor of Texas, 1903-1907, died at his home in Navaosota, July 13, 1916. A sketch of Lieutenant-Governor Neal appears in Raines' Year Book for Texas, II, 188-89." "News Items," Vol. XX, No. 2, October 1916, p. 206.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Geo. D. Neal, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Geo. D. Neal, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
G.D. Neal, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
George D. Neal, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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