About Claud H. Gilmer
Lived 1901 – 1983 (aged 81). Claud H. Gilmer was an American politician and lawyer.
Claud Henry Gilmer (March 12, 1901 – February 26, 1983) was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, including a term as Speaker of the House.
Early lif, education, and early career Gilmer was born on March 12, 1901, in Rocksprings, Texas. His family owned a pharmacy. A graduate of Rocksprings High School, he studied at the Meridian Community College and at the University of Texas System for some time.
Gilmer worked as a schoolteacher for Rocksprings High school for two years, He, alongside A. M. Aikin Jr., wrote the Gilmer-Aikin Act of 1949.
Personal life and death Gilmer married Georgia Carlson, with whom he had two children. He died on February 26, 1983, aged 81, in San Antonio.
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American politician and lawyer (1901–1983)
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Claud H. Gilmer was born on 12 March 1901 in Rocksprings.
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Claud H. Gilmer died on 26 February 1983 in San Antonio.
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Claud H. Gilmer was a politician and lawyer.
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Claud H. Gilmer was American.
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