Morris Roberts

Full Name: Leroy Morris Roberts
Date of birth: May 21, 1906
Date of death: January 13, 1991

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
S	18	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941	45th ⁽²⁾ 46th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Pettus / Bee	Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wilson
H	70	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937	44th	Democrat	Pettus / Bee	Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio
H	70	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Pettus / Bee	Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio

(1) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(3) Merchant. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601 House Journal.

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Senate District 18
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 45th ⁽²⁾ 46th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pettus / Bee
Counties in district: Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wilson

House District 70
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pettus / Bee
Counties in district: Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio

House District 70
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pettus / Bee
Counties in district: Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

72nd Legislature, R.S., HCR 24. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, "Advocate's Morris Roberts Dies: Newspaper Owner, Community Leader for 50 Years," 1/15/1991, pp. 1A, 12A; and editorial, p. 4A. Victoria Advocate.

Other Resources

Census of 1940 - Morris Roberts, Bee County, age 33, born circa 1907 in Texas, oil refiner owner/refinery, spouse Camille G., daughter Catherine. FamilySearch.
Leroy Morris Roberts, death date 1/13/1991 in Victoria County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
Morris Roberts, birth date 5/21/1906, death date 1/13/1991, burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria County. Find a Grave.
Referred to as oil man "Senator Robert Morris, Pettus" in Chapter 1, "The Big Job," p. 7. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.

Photographs

Photograph. Morris Roberts, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Morris Roberts, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Morris Roberts, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Morris Roberts, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
46th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

46th R.S. - 1939 Constitutional Amendments Finance (Chair) Game and Fish Highways and Motor Traffic Interstate Co-operation (Vice Chair) Judicial Districts Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Nominations of Governor Representative Districts State Affairs
45th R.S. - 1937 Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Engrossed Bills (Chair) Federal Relations (Vice Chair) Finance Game and Fish General Appropriations Bill Preparation, Special Labor Nominations of the Governor Public Health State Highways and Motor Traffic State Institutions and Departments State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)
44th R.S. - 1935 Appropriations Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Game and Fisheries Oil, Gas and Mining Wage Scales of State Highway Department, Special
43rd R.S. - 1933 Conservation and Reclamation Game and Fisheries Insurance Oil, Gas, and Mining

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