Homer LaKirby Leonard
Full Name: Homer LaKirby LeonardDate of birth: January 14, 1899
Date of death: February 14, 1979
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 73 | Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 | 49th | Democrat | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo | |
| H | 73 | Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 | 48th | Democrat | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo | |
| H | 73 | Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 | 47th | Democrat | McAllen / Hidalgo | Speaker | Hidalgo |
| H | 73 | Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 | 46th | Democrat | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo | |
| H | 73 | Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 | 45th (1) | Unaffiliated | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo | |
| H | 73 | Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 | 44th (2) (3) | Unaffiliated | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo | |
| H | 73 | Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 | 43rd (4) (5) (6) (7) | Unaffiliated | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo | |
| H | 73 | Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 | 42nd (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) | Good Government | McAllen / Hidalgo | Hidalgo |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Independent. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature. ↩
(2) File on Legislature - Members, Political Affiliation - "Political composition of the Legislature for selected years other than Democrat." Shows Leonard was Independent in 44th and 45th Legislatures, but this cannot be confirmed in LRL sources. Memo File. ↩
(3) Independent. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature. ↩
(4) "Rep. H.L. Leonard, good government nominee of McAllen, has as his opponent John Ewing, of Donna, as the democratic nominee." "85 New Members Nominated for Lower House; Nine New Senators," 9/9/1932, p. 3. Big Spring Herald. ↩
(5) Independent. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature. ↩
(6) "Amendments Rejected by Texas: Full Democratic Ticket is Elected in Lone Star State," 11/7/1934, pp. 1-A, 9-A. "The state's only non-Democratic member of the legislature, Bodo Holekamp of Boerne, was defeated . . . Holekamp was an independent." San Antonio Light. ↩
(7) Independent/Good Government League - Local Independent. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩
(8) Memorial, May 1979, p. 457. In 1930 Mr. Leonard won election to the Texas House of Representatives from Hidalgo County as a write-in candidate of the Good Government Party. Texas Bar Journal. ↩
(9) HIDALGO COUNTY. Describes boss rule in South Texas and the efforts of the Good Government League to oust the Democratic machine headed by John Closner. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(10) "[Leonard] conducted a write-in campaign at the last general electon after the supreme court ruled his party had no standing in nominating candidates for district offices," 10/4/1933, p. 8. Lubbock Morning Avalanche. ↩
(11) Elected to House in 1930 as candidate of Good Government League. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. ↩
(12) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 49th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- McAllen / Hidalgo
- Counties in district:
- Hidalgo
- Legislatures:
- 48th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- McAllen / Hidalgo
- Counties in district:
- Hidalgo
- Legislatures:
- 47th
- Leadership role:
-
Speaker
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- McAllen / Hidalgo
- Counties in district:
- Hidalgo
- Legislatures:
- 46th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- McAllen / Hidalgo
- Counties in district:
- Hidalgo
- Legislatures:
- 45th (1)
- Party:
- Unaffiliated
- Home City/County:
- McAllen / Hidalgo
- Counties in district:
- Hidalgo
Terms of service notes
(1) Independent. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature. ↩
(2) File on Legislature - Members, Political Affiliation - "Political composition of the Legislature for selected years other than Democrat." Shows Leonard was Independent in 44th and 45th Legislatures, but this cannot be confirmed in LRL sources. Memo File. ↩
(3) Independent. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature. ↩
(4) "Rep. H.L. Leonard, good government nominee of McAllen, has as his opponent John Ewing, of Donna, as the democratic nominee." "85 New Members Nominated for Lower House; Nine New Senators," 9/9/1932, p. 3. Big Spring Herald. ↩
(5) Independent. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature. ↩
(6) "Amendments Rejected by Texas: Full Democratic Ticket is Elected in Lone Star State," 11/7/1934, pp. 1-A, 9-A. "The state's only non-Democratic member of the legislature, Bodo Holekamp of Boerne, was defeated . . . Holekamp was an independent." San Antonio Light. ↩
(7) Independent/Good Government League - Local Independent. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩
(8) Memorial, May 1979, p. 457. In 1930 Mr. Leonard won election to the Texas House of Representatives from Hidalgo County as a write-in candidate of the Good Government Party. Texas Bar Journal. ↩
(9) HIDALGO COUNTY. Describes boss rule in South Texas and the efforts of the Good Government League to oust the Democratic machine headed by John Closner. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(10) "[Leonard] conducted a write-in campaign at the last general electon after the supreme court ruled his party had no standing in nominating candidates for district offices," 10/4/1933, p. 8. Lubbock Morning Avalanche. ↩
(11) Elected to House in 1930 as candidate of Good Government League. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. ↩
(12) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩
Biographical Information
- 65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 80. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 66th Legislature, R.S., HCR 66. Resolutions - Memorial.
- 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Homer L. Leonard. Photo and biographical sketch. Birth date 1/14/1899, in Licking, Missouri; grew up in Rolla, Missouri. Death date 2/13/1979. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
- Memorial, May 1979, p. 457. Texas Bar Journal.
- Homer LaKirby Leonard. Death date 2/14/1979. Texas State Cemetery.
- Homer La Kirby Leonard, birth date 1/14/1899 in Texas County, Missouri; residence in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; mailing address Speaker's Office, House of Rep., Austin, Texas; draft registration 2/16/1942 in Hidalgo County. FamilySearch Texas World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
- Private, Section A, Student Army Training Corps. Homer La Kirby Leonard, residence in Rolla, Missouri; birth date 1/14/1899. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
- Homer La Kirby Leonard, birth date 1/14/1899; permanent home address in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri; drug clerk; nearest relative Edward Lafayette Leonard; draft registration in Phelps County, Missouri. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- Mentioned in "Speaker's Office Now a Prize Plum," 9/15/1980. Dallas Morning News.
- Homer La Kirby Leonard, death date 2/14/1979 in Travis County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
- Helen Keller at a Joint Session of the Legislature, 4/8/1941. Left to right: Speaker of the House Homer Leonard, Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, Helen Keller, and Keller's assistant Polly Thompson. Neal Douglass Photography Collection, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library. Representative Dan Dove is in the far back behind Governor O'Daniel. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Selected newspaper articles
- Photograph. Homer L. Leonard, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer L. Leonard, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer Leonard, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer L. Leonard, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer Leonard, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer L. Leonard, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer L. Leonard, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. H.L. Leonard, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Homer L. Leonard, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
- 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 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.
- 49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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