Terms of Service

• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Oscar M. Laurel, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Oscar M. Laurel, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Oscar M. Laurel, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• VIVA KENNEDY-VIVA JOHNSON CLUBS. "Past LULAC national president Oscar Laurel of Laredo served as state chairman of the Viva Johnson clubs." Handbook of Texas Online .
• LAUREL, OSCAR MANUEL SR. (1920-2001). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Obituary, "Civic Leader Laurel Dies at 80," 3/30/2001. Laredo Morning Times .
• Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature 2018.
• "Laurel Appointed to Federal Position," 4/10/1967. "He [Laurel] served as national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in 1955-56." San Antonio Express .
• Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation 2004.
• Memorial, October 2001, p. 935. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Aged  
• Commerce and Manufacturers  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Public Health  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Labor  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Public Lands and Buildings