From the A.M. and Welma Aikin Jr. Regional Archives located in the Rheudasil Learning Center on the Paris Junior College campus. The Aikin Archives were dedicated in 1978 in honor of Senator and Mrs. Aikin for their many years of service to the people of Texas. It houses their papers, official records and other materials of historical significance to Lamar, Delta, Fannin and Red River counties.
'A Life of Service'
Aikin was born October 9, 1905, to Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Mack Aikin in Aikin Grove in Red River County. In 1907 the family moved to Lamar County, where his father operated a general store in Milton.
Aikin, one of eight children, attended a three-teacher school through the first 10 grades, completed high school at Deport, attended Paris Junior College and received his bachelor of laws degree from Cumberland University.
He married 'Miss Welma Morphew' in 1929, and the couple had one son, Alexander Mack 'Bobby' Aikin III.
Aikin became a senior partner in Aikin Men's Wear and a member of the Aikin-Townsend Law Firm.
Major legislation introduced and supported by Aikin in the Texas Senate helped establish Texas in a position of eminence in several areas such as education, cancer research and state fiscal responsibility. He is best known for his co-authorship of the Gilmer-Aikin and Hale-Aikin bills and his chairmanship of the Senate finance and State Affairs committees.
First appointed chairman of the Finance Committee in 1941 by Lt. Gov. Coke Stevenson, Aikin played a lead role in fiscal affairs of the state during the last 30 years of his tenure.
At the time of his retirement in 1979, Aikin was both dean of the Texas Legislature and dean of all state legislators in the U.S. In recognition of his years of legislative leadership, he was named Dean Emeritus of the Texas Senate for life, a distinction he held until his death on Oct. 24, 1981.
His 46 years in the Texas Legislature marked the longest period served by any legislator in the state. As a dedicated statesman, his influence was felt not only in the First Senatorial District, but throughout Texas.
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Texas Birth Certificate: Alexander McCauley (Mack) Aikin Jr born Oct 9,1905; 4-miles SW of Clarksville Red River, now known as Aikin Grove, Red River Co, TX; father Alexander M Aikin Sr (1860-1933; memorial 50177531); mother Martha Lucetia Stephens Aikin (1876-1967; memorial 50177513).
(b) Texas Death Certificate: Alexander (AM) Aikin Jr RIP Oct 24,1981 Paris, Lamar, Texas; wife Welma Morphew Aikin (1908-1984; memorial 54325629). AM Aikin Jr served in Texas Legislature for 46-yrs a record & longer than US elected official except for an 81-yr old Montanan. AM is known for the 1949 Texas Gilmer-Aikin Laws that established Minimum Foundation School Program to provide state-financed teacher min salaries. Aikin a Democrat on powerful Senate Finance Committee from 1937 to1979; vice chair of Texas Constitutional Convention; portrait hung in Senate Chamber in 1973.
Contributor: DG Smith (50088659)
'A Life of Service'
Aikin was born October 9, 1905, to Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Mack Aikin in Aikin Grove in Red River County. In 1907 the family moved to Lamar County, where his father operated a general store in Milton.
Aikin, one of eight children, attended a three-teacher school through the first 10 grades, completed high school at Deport, attended Paris Junior College and received his bachelor of laws degree from Cumberland University.
He married 'Miss Welma Morphew' in 1929, and the couple had one son, Alexander Mack 'Bobby' Aikin III.
Aikin became a senior partner in Aikin Men's Wear and a member of the Aikin-Townsend Law Firm.
Major legislation introduced and supported by Aikin in the Texas Senate helped establish Texas in a position of eminence in several areas such as education, cancer research and state fiscal responsibility. He is best known for his co-authorship of the Gilmer-Aikin and Hale-Aikin bills and his chairmanship of the Senate finance and State Affairs committees.
First appointed chairman of the Finance Committee in 1941 by Lt. Gov. Coke Stevenson, Aikin played a lead role in fiscal affairs of the state during the last 30 years of his tenure.
At the time of his retirement in 1979, Aikin was both dean of the Texas Legislature and dean of all state legislators in the U.S. In recognition of his years of legislative leadership, he was named Dean Emeritus of the Texas Senate for life, a distinction he held until his death on Oct. 24, 1981.
His 46 years in the Texas Legislature marked the longest period served by any legislator in the state. As a dedicated statesman, his influence was felt not only in the First Senatorial District, but throughout Texas.
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Texas Birth Certificate: Alexander McCauley (Mack) Aikin Jr born Oct 9,1905; 4-miles SW of Clarksville Red River, now known as Aikin Grove, Red River Co, TX; father Alexander M Aikin Sr (1860-1933; memorial 50177531); mother Martha Lucetia Stephens Aikin (1876-1967; memorial 50177513).
(b) Texas Death Certificate: Alexander (AM) Aikin Jr RIP Oct 24,1981 Paris, Lamar, Texas; wife Welma Morphew Aikin (1908-1984; memorial 54325629). AM Aikin Jr served in Texas Legislature for 46-yrs a record & longer than US elected official except for an 81-yr old Montanan. AM is known for the 1949 Texas Gilmer-Aikin Laws that established Minimum Foundation School Program to provide state-financed teacher min salaries. Aikin a Democrat on powerful Senate Finance Committee from 1937 to1979; vice chair of Texas Constitutional Convention; portrait hung in Senate Chamber in 1973.
Contributor: DG Smith (50088659)
From the A.M. and Welma Aikin Jr. Regional Archives located in the Rheudasil Learning Center on the Paris Junior College campus. The Aikin Archives were dedicated in 1978 in honor of Senator and Mrs. Aikin for their many years of service to the people of Texas. It houses their papers, official records and other materials of historical significance to Lamar, Delta, Fannin and Red River counties.
'A Life of Service'
Aikin was born October 9, 1905, to Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Mack Aikin in Aikin Grove in Red River County. In 1907 the family moved to Lamar County, where his father operated a general store in Milton.
Aikin, one of eight children, attended a three-teacher school through the first 10 grades, completed high school at Deport, attended Paris Junior College and received his bachelor of laws degree from Cumberland University.
He married 'Miss Welma Morphew' in 1929, and the couple had one son, Alexander Mack 'Bobby' Aikin III.
Aikin became a senior partner in Aikin Men's Wear and a member of the Aikin-Townsend Law Firm.
Major legislation introduced and supported by Aikin in the Texas Senate helped establish Texas in a position of eminence in several areas such as education, cancer research and state fiscal responsibility. He is best known for his co-authorship of the Gilmer-Aikin and Hale-Aikin bills and his chairmanship of the Senate finance and State Affairs committees.
First appointed chairman of the Finance Committee in 1941 by Lt. Gov. Coke Stevenson, Aikin played a lead role in fiscal affairs of the state during the last 30 years of his tenure.
At the time of his retirement in 1979, Aikin was both dean of the Texas Legislature and dean of all state legislators in the U.S. In recognition of his years of legislative leadership, he was named Dean Emeritus of the Texas Senate for life, a distinction he held until his death on Oct. 24, 1981.
His 46 years in the Texas Legislature marked the longest period served by any legislator in the state. As a dedicated statesman, his influence was felt not only in the First Senatorial District, but throughout Texas.
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Texas Birth Certificate: Alexander McCauley (Mack) Aikin Jr born Oct 9,1905; 4-miles SW of Clarksville Red River, now known as Aikin Grove, Red River Co, TX; father Alexander M Aikin Sr (1860-1933; memorial 50177531); mother Martha Lucetia Stephens Aikin (1876-1967; memorial 50177513).
(b) Texas Death Certificate: Alexander (AM) Aikin Jr RIP Oct 24,1981 Paris, Lamar, Texas; wife Welma Morphew Aikin (1908-1984; memorial 54325629). AM Aikin Jr served in Texas Legislature for 46-yrs a record & longer than US elected official except for an 81-yr old Montanan. AM is known for the 1949 Texas Gilmer-Aikin Laws that established Minimum Foundation School Program to provide state-financed teacher min salaries. Aikin a Democrat on powerful Senate Finance Committee from 1937 to1979; vice chair of Texas Constitutional Convention; portrait hung in Senate Chamber in 1973.
Contributor: DG Smith (50088659)
'A Life of Service'
Aikin was born October 9, 1905, to Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Mack Aikin in Aikin Grove in Red River County. In 1907 the family moved to Lamar County, where his father operated a general store in Milton.
Aikin, one of eight children, attended a three-teacher school through the first 10 grades, completed high school at Deport, attended Paris Junior College and received his bachelor of laws degree from Cumberland University.
He married 'Miss Welma Morphew' in 1929, and the couple had one son, Alexander Mack 'Bobby' Aikin III.
Aikin became a senior partner in Aikin Men's Wear and a member of the Aikin-Townsend Law Firm.
Major legislation introduced and supported by Aikin in the Texas Senate helped establish Texas in a position of eminence in several areas such as education, cancer research and state fiscal responsibility. He is best known for his co-authorship of the Gilmer-Aikin and Hale-Aikin bills and his chairmanship of the Senate finance and State Affairs committees.
First appointed chairman of the Finance Committee in 1941 by Lt. Gov. Coke Stevenson, Aikin played a lead role in fiscal affairs of the state during the last 30 years of his tenure.
At the time of his retirement in 1979, Aikin was both dean of the Texas Legislature and dean of all state legislators in the U.S. In recognition of his years of legislative leadership, he was named Dean Emeritus of the Texas Senate for life, a distinction he held until his death on Oct. 24, 1981.
His 46 years in the Texas Legislature marked the longest period served by any legislator in the state. As a dedicated statesman, his influence was felt not only in the First Senatorial District, but throughout Texas.
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Texas Birth Certificate: Alexander McCauley (Mack) Aikin Jr born Oct 9,1905; 4-miles SW of Clarksville Red River, now known as Aikin Grove, Red River Co, TX; father Alexander M Aikin Sr (1860-1933; memorial 50177531); mother Martha Lucetia Stephens Aikin (1876-1967; memorial 50177513).
(b) Texas Death Certificate: Alexander (AM) Aikin Jr RIP Oct 24,1981 Paris, Lamar, Texas; wife Welma Morphew Aikin (1908-1984; memorial 54325629). AM Aikin Jr served in Texas Legislature for 46-yrs a record & longer than US elected official except for an 81-yr old Montanan. AM is known for the 1949 Texas Gilmer-Aikin Laws that established Minimum Foundation School Program to provide state-financed teacher min salaries. Aikin a Democrat on powerful Senate Finance Committee from 1937 to1979; vice chair of Texas Constitutional Convention; portrait hung in Senate Chamber in 1973.
Contributor: DG Smith (50088659)
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