Peter Joseph La Valle

Full Name: Peter Joseph "Pete" La Valle
Date of birth: November 24, 1927
Date of death: November 26, 2005

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	21-2	Jan 10, 1961 - Aug 20, 1961	57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Texas City / Galveston		Galveston
H	21-2	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Texas City / Galveston		Galveston

(1) George F. Korkmas, in special election 12/9/1961, took office 12/23/1961, succeeded Peter J. La Valle, resigned 8/20/1961. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Pete La Valle replaced by George F. Korkmas, 12/9/1961. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 21-2
Jan 10, 1961 - Aug 20, 1961
Legislatures: 57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texas City / Galveston
Counties in district: Galveston

House District 21-2
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texas City / Galveston
Counties in district: Galveston

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Selected newspaper articles

Other Resources

Peter J. Lavalle, birth date 11/24/1927, death date 11/26/2005, last place of residence Galveston, Texas. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index.
Judge Peter Joseph La Valle, birth date 11/24/1927, death date 11/26/2005, burial in Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Dickinson, Galveston County. Find a Grave.
Obituaries, Peter Joseph La Valle, 11/27/2005, p. E3; "Former County Judge Dies at 78," 11/29/2005, p. A6. Pete La Valle "was in his second term in the Texas House of Representatives when Gov. Price Daniel appointed him to finish out the term of Theodore Robinson, a longtime [Galveston] county judge who died in office." Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. Peter J. La Valle, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Peter J. "Pete" La Valle, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Peter J. La Valle, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

57th R.S. - 1961 Counties Criminal Jurisprudence Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Judiciary Liquor Regulation
56th R.S. - 1959 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary Banks and Banking Beach Development Insurance Motor Traffic Poet Laureate Selection, Special State Hospitals and Special Schools

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