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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 Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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. Photographs Photograph. Robert McDowra, 35th 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 Informationtop 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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