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John Emmet Lyle
Full Name: John Emmet Lyle, Jr.
Date of birth: September 4, 1910
Date of death: November 11, 2003
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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71
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Feb 11, 1943 - Apr 11, 1944
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48th
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(2)
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Democrat
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Corpus Christi / Nueces
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Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
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71
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Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
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47th
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Democrat
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Corpus Christi / Nueces
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Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
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(1)
Not present at organization of the House on 1/12/1943. Oath of office administered on 2/11/1943, p. 379.
House Journal.
(2)
Lyle resigned 4/11/1944.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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52nd Legislature, R.S., SR 43, 2/15/1951.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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LYLE, John Emmett, Jr. (1910-2003). Representative, TX.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
Memorial, January 2004, p. 72.
Texas Bar Journal.
Lyle, John Emmett.
Texas State Cemetery.
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World War II service, Private, "Legislature Faces Problem of Absences: Men in Armed Forces Can't Get Leave to Attend Sessions," 1/1/1943.
Dallas Morning News.
Mentioned in "Lawmakers Pondering War, Duty," 2/27/2003.
San Antonio Express-News.
Pictured in uniform in the 48th House composite photo.
State Preservation Board.
United States Army, Private, Second Lieutenant. "In the beginning of World War II, in 1942, he volunteered and took his basic training as a private in the Army. He was sent to Officer Training School where he graduated as a second Lieutenant. He was then assigned as a platoon leader to an Automatic Weapons Battalion in the 536th. That battalion was quickly sent to North Africa where he experienced combat as well as in Malta, Sicily and Italy. He was awarded a Purple Heart in the Anzio campaign and while serving as an infantry officer in the Arno River campaign, he was nominated and elected to the U. S. Congress for the fourteenth District of Texas."
Texas State Cemetery.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
John Emmet Lyle, Jr., 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
John Emmet Lyle, Jr., 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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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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