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Archibald Grinnan

A. Grinnin
Full Name: Archibald "Arch" Grinnan
Birth date: March 6, 1864
Death date: February 24, 1916

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 30th (2) & 29th (5) Legislatures
    1/10/1905 - 1/12/1909
    Democrat
    Dean of the Senate.
  • Senate, 28th (1) (6) Legislature
    1/15/1903 - 1/10/1905
    Democrat
  • Senate, 27th (4) & 26th (3) Legislatures
    1/10/1899 - 1/13/1903
    Democrat
(1) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, 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) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 28th Legislature - Absent in roll call of Senators-elect, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Oath of office administered, 1/15/1903, p. 9. Senate Journal . January 13, 1903
January 15, 1903

Biographical Notes and Resources

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 .
  • Arch Grinnan. Senate Journal . 29th R.S.

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Archibald Grinnan, birth date 3/6/1864 in Culpepper, Virginia; death date 2/24/1916 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas; attorney and counselor at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Arch Grinnan, birth date 3/4/1864, death date 2/24/1916, burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County. Find a Grave .
  • Obituary, "Hon. Arch Grinnan Died Late Yesterday: Prominent Attorney and Former State Senator Succumbs After Brief Illness," Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Texas), 2/25/1916, p. 1, crediting the Howard Payne University Library. Born 3/6/1864 in Culpepper, Virginia. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
  • 28th Legislature (1903) - Arch Grinnan, postoffice Brownwood, Brown County, nativity Virginia, lawyer, Democrat, age 38 (born circa 1865). Texas Legislative Manual .
  • Biographical sketch, Arch. Grinnan, p. 80. Born 3/6/1868 in Culpeper County, Virginia. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.
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