Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Lee McDowra

Full Name: Robert Lee McDowra
Birth date: June 18, 1869
Death date: September 28, 1959

Terms of Service

House, 36th Legislature
1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
House, 35th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
Democrat

(1) Personnel of the New Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, 12/17/1916, p. 23, lists R.L. McDowra, Pattonville, Lamar County. Galveston Daily News .
(2) R.L. McDowra of Paris, residence in Lamar County, pp. 2, 5. House Journal .
(3) Paris, Lamar County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Pattonville. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. R.L. McDowra, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert McDowra, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. McDowra, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Robert Lee McDowra, birth date 6/18/1869 in Tennessee; death date 9/28/1959 in Pattonville, Lamar County, Texas; retired farmer, agriculture. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Robert L. McDowra (1869-1959), burial in Highland Cemetery, Deport, Lamar County, with spouse Della McDowra. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "R.L. McDowra, Former Solon, Dies Sunday," 9/28/1959, p. 1. " . . . he came to Texas in 1892, and had lived in the Pattonville area ever since." Paris News .