Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Oscar Lee Pate

Full Name: Oscar Lee Pate, Sr.
Birth date: May 1, 1891
Death date: November 27, 1955

Death notice, "O.L. Pate, 64, Dies November 27," 12/1/1955. Canton Herald .
Obituary, "Oscar Pate's Rites Planned, 11/29/1955, p. 12. Pate "was a former city councilman and served in the Thirty-Eighth Legislature." Dallas Morning News .
Census of 1920 - Oscar Pate, Justice Precinct 1, Van Zandt County, age 28, born circa 1892, retail merchant/dry goods, son of James A. Pate.
Census of 1930 and 1940 - Oscar L. Pate, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, age 38/48, born circa 1892, retail merchant/manager of dry goods store, spouse Nell E. Pate. FamilySearch . 1930 1940

United States Army, 1st Lieutenant, World War I. Oscar Lee Pate, birth date 5/1/1891 in Wills Point, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
Oscar Lee Pate, Sr., birth date 5/1/1891, death date 11/27/1955, burial in White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt County. Find a Grave .
38th Legislature (1923) - Oscar Lee Pate, postoffice Wills Point, nativity Texas, age 31 (born circa 1892), merchant, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .