Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Lee J. Rountree

Full Name: Leonidas Johnson "Lee" Rountree
Birth date: July 15, 1868
Death date: May 2, 1923

(1) Rountree died at his desk 5/2/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

38th Legislature, 2nd C.S., "Communication from Mrs. Lee J. Rountree," 5/15/1923, p. 769. House Journal .
88th Legislature, 4th C.S., HR 30, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of the Honorable Lee J. Rountree of Bryan. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
38th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 5/5/1923, pp. 262-263. Rountree born in July, 1868. Resolutions - Memorial .
39th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1925, p. 26. Resolutions - Memorial .
Confederate States Army, refers to "Colonel Rountree." 38th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 5/5/1923, pp. 262-263. Resolutions - Memorial .

Mentioned in "A Journalistic Survivor - The History of The Eagle," 3/4/2005. Bryan Eagle .
Obituaries and photo printed in Bryan Weekly Eagle, "Bryan and All Texas is Mourning Loss of One of State's Most Prominent Statesmen, Rep. Lee J. Rountree," 5/3/1923, p. 1. Bryan Eagle .
Photo and biographical sketch (Frances Rountree). Born 1878?, death date 12/5/1956. First woman elected to represent Brazos County. One of the first two widows of legislators elected to the Texas Legislature (with Cora Gray Strong.) Relatives: Lee J. Rountree - husband, Frances Rountree - wife. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County 1930.
Lee J. Rountree, birth date 7/15/1868 in Texas; death date 5/2/1923 in Austin, Travis County; editor newspaper. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Lee J. Rountree (1868-1923), burial in Bryan City Cemetery, Brazos County. Includes photo, biographical sketch listing name "Leonidas Johnson Rountree." Find a Grave .
Photo and obituary, "Lee J. Rountree Drops Dead While on Floor of Legislative Chamber," 5/3/1923, pp. 1-2. Galveston Daily News .