Oscar Manuel Laurel

Full Name: Oscar Manuel Laurel, Sr.
Date of birth: June 8, 1920
Date of death: March 29, 2001

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	80	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Webb, Zapata
H	80	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Webb, Zapata

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House District 80
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Webb, Zapata

House District 80
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Webb, Zapata

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

LAUREL, OSCAR MANUEL SR. (1920-2001). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.
Memorial, October 2001, p. 935. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

VIVA KENNEDY-VIVA JOHNSON CLUBS. "Past LULAC national president Oscar Laurel of Laredo served as state chairman of the Viva Johnson clubs." Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary, "Civic Leader Laurel Dies at 80," 3/30/2001. Laredo Morning Times.
Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
"Laurel Appointed to Federal Position," 4/10/1967. "He [Laurel] served as national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in 1955-56." San Antonio Express.

Photographs

Photograph. Oscar M. Laurel, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Oscar M. Laurel, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Oscar M. Laurel, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

56th R.S. - 1959 Aged Commerce and Manufacturers Conservation and Reclamation Livestock and Stock Raising Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Health
55th R.S. - 1957 Conservation and Reclamation Criminal Jurisprudence Labor Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings

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