J.P. Ayers

Full Name: J. P. Ayers
Other surnames: Ayres
Date of birth: September 24, 1838
Date of death: March 1, 1885

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	50	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Bryan / Brazos		Brazos
H	28	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Bryan / Brazos		Brazos

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
(3) "J.P. Ayers, for representative, together with the straight democratic ticket, is elected. This is the first complete triumph of the democracy in Brazos since the war," p. 1, 11/5/1880. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Independent Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(5) J.P. Ayres, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

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House District 50
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos
Counties in district: Brazos

House District 28
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos
Counties in district: Brazos

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Resolutions and Journal entries

Memorial committee, resolution, and page, 19th Legislature, 3/30/1885, pp. 405, 409, 438-439. Death year estimated from memorial date in Journal. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, p. 261. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Photographs

Photograph. J.P. Ayers, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Federal Relations Judiciary No. 1 Public Debt (Chair) State Fish Commission, Select
17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural and Mechanical College and State Normal Schools, Visit Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Military Affairs Towns and City Corporations

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