​Judge Harry N. Graves

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Marker No: 13558

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.630987, -97.666733

Location: ​1409 Olive Street, Georgetown

Marker Text: ​Born April 4, 1877 in La Vernia  (Wilson County), Harry Graves attended Southwestern University in Georgetown and later served three terms as city 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, Austin, leaving a legacy of civil rights and public safety for Texas. (2006)