Pat Dwyer

Patrick Anthony Dwyer

Full Name: Patrick Anthony "Pat" Dwyer, Sr.
Date of birth: December 17, 1874
Date of death: November 30, 1951

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 78-2 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-2 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-2 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-1 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-1 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-1 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar

Terms of Service top

House District 78-2
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945
Legislatures: 48th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-2
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-2
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-1
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-1
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-1
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Other Resources

  • Patrick Anthony Dwyer, Sr., birth date 12/17/1874 in Texas; death date 11/30/1951 in San Antonio, Bexar County; agent, Equitable Life Insurance Co. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Pat A. Dwyer, Sr., birth date 12/17/1874, death date 11/30/1951, burial in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.
  • Obituary and photo, "Pat Dwyer, S.A. Politico Dies," 12/2/1951, p. 1. Pat A. Dwyer, Sr., age 76, death date Sunday, 11/30/1951. Dwyer "spent 12 years in the legislature . . . During his carrer [sic: career] in Austin, Dwyer caught added attention by frequently speaking to the house in Spanish." San Antonio Light.
  • 48th Legislature (1943) - Pat Dwyer, postoffice San Antonio, Bexar County, nativity Texas, age 63, salesman, member of former legislatures: 42nd-44th, 46th-47th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

  • Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

48th R.S. - 1943
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) 
Common Carriers  
Liquor Regulation  
Public Health  
State Affairs  
47th R.S. - 1941
Liquor Traffic  
Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
Public Lands and Buildings  
State Affairs  
Un-American Activities  
46th R.S. - 1939
Common Carriers  
Enrolled Bills  
Liquor Traffic  
Livestock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair) 
State Affairs  
44th R.S. - 1935
Charges Against Honorable J. E. McDonald, Commissioner of Agriculture, Special  
Common Carriers  
Liquor Traffic  
Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
State Affairs  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Banks and Banking  
Liquor Traffic  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
State Affairs  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
State Affairs  

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