Lauro Cruz
Full Name: Lauro Cruz
Birth date: May 20, 1933
Death date: January 29, 2017
Birth date: May 20, 1933
Death date: January 29, 2017
Terms of Service
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House,
62nd Legislature
1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
Democrat
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House,
61st Legislature
1/14/1969 - 1/12/1971
Democrat
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House,
60th Legislature
1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Selected Newspaper articlesResolutions and Journal entries
- 60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 400. First Latin American from Harris County to be elected to state office since Lorenzo de Zavala. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
- 61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 446. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
- 62nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 452. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
- 62nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 541. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
Photographs
- Photograph. Lauro Cruz, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Lauro Cruz, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Lauro Cruz, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Notice of death, 2/10/2017. Speaker of the House .
- Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation 2004.
- "First Mexican-American to win representation in Houston." Tejano Struggle for Representation 2004.
- Cruz, Lauro. Texas State Cemetery .
- Transcript, Oral History Interview with Lauro Cruz, 6/20/1998. Tejano Voices, The University of Texas at Arlington Center for Mexican American Studies Oral History Project. University of Texas at Arlington Libraries .
Committee Information
- 62nd R.S. - 1971
- Counties (Vice Chair)
- Public Lands and Buildings (Chair)
- 61st R.S. - 1969
- 60th R.S. - 1967