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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

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

Legislatures:
48th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
47th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
46th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
44th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
43rd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
42nd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Biographical Information

  • 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, 1890-1977.
  • 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.
  • Selected newspaper articles

  • 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

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