Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 74th Legislature, R.S., HR 1059. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• ROSAS, MAURO (1925-1993). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.
• Memorial, June 1994, p. 683. "He was the first Mexican-American from El Paso to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives where he served from 1959 to 1963." Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

• United States Army Air Forces, Staff Sergeant, World War II. "During World War II, Rosas enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 and served as an aerial gunner in Italy. He flew approximately fifty combat missions and accrued five battle stars and an air medal with two oak leaf clusters before he was discharged in October 1945 with the rank of staff sergeant." Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

• Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.

Photographs

• Photograph. Mauro Rosas, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Mauro Rosas, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Mauro Rosas, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature

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 Criminal Jurisprudence   Election Law   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Chair)  Highways and Roads   Liquor Regulation   Revenue and Taxation

56th R.S. - 1959 Congressional and Legislative Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Public Lands and Buildings   Revenue and Taxation