T. H. Harris
| Thomas H Harris | |
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| Louisiana State Superintendent of Education | |
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In office August 1908 – May 14, 1940 |
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| Preceded by | James B. Aswell |
| Succeeded by | John E. Coxe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Lee Marcus Harris March 26, 1869 Arizona community Claiborne Parish Louisiana, United States |
| Died | February 24, 1942 (aged 72) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Minnie Earle Harris (married 1896-1899, her death) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Parents |
Austin Dabney Harris |
| Residence |
(1) Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Religion | Baptist-turned-Methodist |
(1) Minnie Earle Harris (married 1896-1899, her death)
From first marriage:
Sadie Grace Harris ____
From second marriage:
Austin Dabney Harris
(1) Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish
(2) Opelousas, St. Landry Parish
(3) Winnsboro, Franklin Parish
Thomas H Harris, known as T. H. Harris (March 26, 1869 – February 24, 1942), was the dominant figure in Louisiana public education in the first half of the 20th century through his role as the then elected state school superintendent from 1908 to 1940.
Christened Lee Marcus Harris, he became legally known as Thomas H Harris; as with Harry S Truman, the middle initial stood for nothing. He was born four years after the end of the American Civil War in the Arizona community of Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana, a son of a Baptist minister, the Reverend Austin Dabney Harris, and the former Rebecca Amaretta Flovilla Milner, known as Rettie Harris. He briefly attended the former Arizona Academy conducted by his father. In 1889, at the age of twenty, Harris enrolled for eight months in the former Lisbon Academy in the Lisbon community in Claiborne Parish. From 1891-1892, he attended the former Homer College in Homer, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish. Thereafter, he taught school in Claiborne and Winn Parish, the latter the ancestral home of the Long political dynasty. Thereafter, in the fall of 1893, Harris enrolled at Northwestern State University in , then known as "Louisiana Normal."
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