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Levi I. Mercer Full Name: Levi I. Mercer Date of birth: January 26, 1862 Date of death: December 16, 1925 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 19 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Cumby / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins H 19 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Cumby / Hopkins   Delta, Franklin, Hopkins   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, "L.I. Mercer, Former Legislator, Is Dead," 12/20/1925, p. 5. Cumby, Hopkins County, Dec. 19 - Levi I. Mercer, birth date 1/26/1862 in Minnesota. "He was also connected with a retail grocery business here for several years and along about 1898, served a term in the Legislature from this county." Dallas Morning News. Biographical sketch, Levi Mercer, pp. 98-99. Born 1/26/1862 in Houston County, Minnesota. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Other Resources Levi I. Mercer, birth date 1/26/1862 in Minnesota, death date 12/16/1925 in Dallas, furniture merchant. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Levi I. Mercer, burial in Cumby Cemetery, Cumby, Hopkins County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Levi Mercer, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. L.J. Mercer, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 26th R.S. - 1899 County Government and County Finances   Education   Insurance, Statistics, and History   Irrigation   Judicial Districts   Public Debt (Chair)  25th R.S. - 1897 Insurance, Statistics and History   Irrigation   State Affairs   State Asylums   Superintendent of Public Buildings Department, Special

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