Robert Lee McDowra

Full Name: Robert Lee McDowra
Date of birth: June 18, 1869
Date of death: September 28, 1959

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	36	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Pattonville / Lamar	Lamar
H	36	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Pattonville / Lamar	Lamar
H	4	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Pattonville / Lamar	Lamar

(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.
(3) Paris, Lamar County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Pattonville. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 36
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pattonville / Lamar
Counties in district: Lamar

House District 36
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pattonville / Lamar
Counties in district: Lamar

House District 4
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pattonville / Lamar
Counties in district: Lamar

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Selected newspaper articles

Other Resources

Robert Lee McDowra, birth date 6/18/1869 in Tennessee; death date 9/28/1959 in Pattonville, Lamar County, Texas; retired farmer, agriculture. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Robert L. McDowra (1869-1959), burial in Highland Cemetery, Deport, Lamar County, with spouse Della McDowra. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "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.

Photographs

Photograph. R.L. McDowra, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert McDowra, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. McDowra, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919 Agriculture Cotton Pricing Counties Education Exterminating Pink Boll Worm, Investigate (Chair) Municipal and Private Corporations
35th R.S. - 1917 Agriculture Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufactures Conflicting Extension Work Municipal Corporations Public Buildings and Grounds
32nd R.S. - 1911 Constitutional Amendments Education Liquor Traffic Representative Districts

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