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Judge Harry M. Graves
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"A legacy of Civil Rights and Public Safety for Texas"
Harry M. Graves, City Attny., 1898; County Attny., Justice Texas
Criminal
Appel. Court, 1937-1955; Presiding Judge, 1950-1954
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Texas Historical Marker Dedication
for
Judge Harry N. Graves
Georgetown, Texas
March 15, 2007
2:00 P.M.
Welcoming Remarks and Introductions J.C. Johnson
Further Remarks and Introductions Chris Dyer
Presentation of Colors and
Pledge of Allegiance (please stand) Boy Scout Troop 151
Invocation Georgetown City Councilman, Ben Oliver
Pertinent Remarks Mr. Tom Swift
Unveiling of the Marker Marietta Mugford and her Grandchildren
Benjamin Flood, Carmen Flood, Elizabeth Flood and Garrett Mugford
Retiring of the Colors (please stand)
Historical Marker
Text
JUDGE HARRY N. GRAVES
BORN APRIL 4, 1877 IN LA VERNIA (WILSON COUNTY), HARRY GRAVES ATTENDED
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN GEORGETOWN AND LATER SERVED THREE TERMS AS
CITY ATTORNEY. AS WILLIAMSON COUNTY ATTORNEY, HE AIDED THE PROSECUTION
IN A LANDMARK TRIAL AGAINST THE KU KLUX KLAN, 1923-24 (HE LIVED AT THIS
SITE AT THE TIME). DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND FUTURE GOVERNOR DAN MOODY LED
THE TEAM. IN 1929, VOTERS ELECTED GRAVES TO THE TEXAS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, WHERE IN 1930 HE WROTE THE BILL ESTABLISHING THE TEXAS
HIGHWAY PATROL. IN 1937, HE BECAME A JUDGE ON THE TEXAS COURT OF
CRIMINAL APPEALS. GRAVES DIED IN 1957 AND WAS BURIED IN THE STATE
CEMETERY IN AUSTIN, LEAVING A LEGACY OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
FOR TEXAS.
(2006)
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