Terms of Service
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House,
49th Legislature
1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
Democrat
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House,
48th Legislature
1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
Democrat
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House,
47th Legislature
1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
Democrat
Speaker
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House,
46th Legislature
1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
Democrat
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House,
45th
(6)
Legislature
1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
Unaffiliated
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House,
44th
(4)
(7)
Legislature
1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
Unaffiliated
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House,
43rd
(1)
(8)
(9)
(11)
Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Unaffiliated
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House,
42nd
(2)
(3)
(5)
(10)
(12)
Legislature
1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
Unaffiliated
(1)
"Rep. H.L. Leonard, good government nominee of McAllen, has as his opponent John Ewing, of Donna, as the democratic nominee." "85 New Members Nominated for Lower House; Nine New Senators," 9/9/1932, p. 3.
Big Spring Herald .
(2)
HIDALGO COUNTY. Describes boss rule in South Texas and the efforts of the Good Government League to oust the Democratic machine headed by John Closner.
Handbook of Texas Online .
(3)
"[Leonard] conducted a write-in campaign at the last general electon after the supreme court ruled his party had no standing in nominating candidates for district offices," 10/4/1933, p. 8.
Lubbock Morning Avalanche .
(4)
File on Legislature - Members, Political Affiliation - "Political composition of the Legislature for selected years other than Democrat." Shows Leonard was Independent in 44th and 45th Legislatures, but this cannot be confirmed in LRL sources.
Memo File .
(5)
Elected to House in 1930 as candidate of Good Government League.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
(6)
Independent.
Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature .
(7)
Independent.
Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature .
(8)
Independent.
Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature .
(9)
"Amendments Rejected by Texas: Full Democratic Ticket is Elected in Lone Star State," 11/7/1934, pp. 1-A, 9-A. "The state's only non-Democratic member of the legislature, Bodo Holekamp of Boerne, was defeated . . . Holekamp was an independent."
San Antonio Light .
(10)
Memorial, May 1979, p. 457. In 1930 Mr. Leonard won election to the Texas House of Representatives from Hidalgo County as a write-in candidate of the Good Government Party.
Texas Bar Journal .
(11)
Independent/Good Government League - Local Independent.
Texas Legislative Manual .
(12)
Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual .