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Robert Avant Robert Vance Avant
Full Name: Robert Vance Avant, Sr.
Date of birth: July 6, 1912
Date of death: November 20, 2012
Terms of Service top
Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 5 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 11, 1944 48th (1)   Democrat Marshall / Harrison   Harrison
H 5 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Marshall / Harrison   Harrison
(1) Avant resigned 1/11/1944. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
 
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  • United States Army, World War II. "Upon adjournment of the legislative session in 1943, Robert resigned from the House of Representatives and joined the U.S. Army where he served with the Judge Advocate General." Obituary, Robert Avant Sr., 11/25/2012. Austin American-Statesman.
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  • Robert Vance Avant, Sr., birth date 7/6/1912, death date 11/20/2012, interment in Smyrna Cemetery, Harleton, Harrison County. Inscriptions and seals of United States Army, The State of Texas. Find a Grave.
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  • Photograph. Robert Avant, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Robert Avant, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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  • 47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
  • 48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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    48th R.S. - 1943
    Agriculture  
    Conservation and Reclamation  
    Education  
    Labor (Chair) 
    Revenue and Taxation  
    47th R.S. - 1941
    Conservation and Reclamation  
    Education  
    Federal Relations  
    Labor  
     

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