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Oscar Manuel Laurel

Oscar M. Laurel
Full Name: Oscar Manuel Laurel, Sr.
Birth date: June 8, 1920
Death date: March 29, 2001

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

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

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 .
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