Terms of Service

• House, 48th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/11/1944
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Robert Avant, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Avant, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• United States Army, World War II. "Upon adjournment of the legislative session in 1943, Robert resigned from the House of Representatives and joined the U.S. Army where he served with the Judge Advocate General." Obituary, Robert Avant Sr., 11/25/2012. Austin American-Statesman .
• Robert Vance Avant, Sr., birth date 7/6/1912, death date 11/20/2012, burial in Smyrna Cemetery, Harleton, Harrison County. Inscriptions and seals of United States Army, The State of Texas. Find a Grave .

Committee Information

• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Agriculture  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• Labor (Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• Federal Relations  
• Labor