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Edwin Augustus Atlee, Jr. Full Name: Edwin Augustus Atlee, Jr. Date of birth: March 8, 1878 Date of death: October 8, 1938 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 79 Jan 14, 1919 - Jun 6, 1920 36th (1)   Democrat Laredo / Webb   Webb, Zapata H 79 Feb 26, 1918 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (2) (3)   Democrat Laredo / Webb   Webb, Zapata (1) Atlee resigned 6/6/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 36th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual. (3) Edwin A. Atlee, Jr., in special election 2/15/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Walter F. Woodul, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch of Edwin Atlee, Sr., pp. 387-388. Born 3/16/1846; died in 1910. Relatives: Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr. - father; Edwin Augustus Atlee, Jr. - son. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Other Resources Obituary, "Atlee Dies," 10/6/1938, pp. 1, 9. Laredo Times. "Edwin A. Atlee is Elected to the State Legislature," 2/17/1918, p. 12. Laredo Weekly Times. "First Wireless Message," 8/7/1907, p. 10. San Antonio Light. ATLEE, EDWIN A., JR. (1878-1938). Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Edwin Augustus Atlee, Jr., 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Edwin Augustus Atlee, Jr., 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 36th R.S. - 1919 Conservation and Reclamation   Oil, Gas, and Mining   Public Lands and Buildings   State Affairs   35th R.S. - 1917 Criminal Jurisprudence   Federal Relations   Irrigation   Military Affairs   State Affairs

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