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Robert Lee McDowra
Full Name: Robert Lee McDowra
Date of birth: June 18, 1869
Date of death: September 28, 1959
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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36
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Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
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36th
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Democrat
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Pattonville / Lamar
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Lamar
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H
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36
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Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
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35th
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(2)
(3)
(4)
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Democrat
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Pattonville / Lamar
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Lamar
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H
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4
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Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
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32nd
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Democrat
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Pattonville / Lamar
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Lamar
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(1)
Personnel of the New Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, 12/17/1916, p. 23, lists R.L. McDowra, Pattonville, Lamar County.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
R.L. McDowra of Paris, residence in Lamar County, pp. 2, 5.
House Journal.
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Paris, Lamar County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Pattonville.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Other Resources |
Robert Lee McDowra, birth date 6/18/1869 in Tennessee, death date 9/28/1959 in Pattonville, Lamar County. Burial in Highland Cemetery, Deport, Lamar County.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
"R.L. McDowra, Former Solon, Dies Sunday," 9/28/1959, p. 1. " . . . he came to Texas in 1892, and had lived in the Pattonville area ever since."
Paris News.
Family group sheet. Robert Lee McDowra - birth date 6/18/1869.
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Robert McDowra, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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