R.L. Reader

Robert Lee Reader

Full Name: Robert Lee Reader
Date of birth: April 30, 1886
Date of death: December 6, 1982

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 78-2 Jan 9, 1945 - Dec 31, 1946 49th (1)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-3 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-3 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-3 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-3 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (2)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-3 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-3 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar

(1) Reader resigned 12/31/1946. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Drug salesman. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 78-2
Jan 9, 1945 - Dec 31, 1946
Legislatures: 49th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-3
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-3
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-3
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-3
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-3
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-3
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

(1) Reader resigned 12/31/1946. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Drug salesman. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/1/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

  • Robert Lee Reader, death date 12/6/1982 in San Antonio, Bexar County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
  • Robert Reader, birth date 4/30/1886, death date December 1982. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index.
  • Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
  • Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.
  • Obituary, Robert L. (Bob) Reader, 12/8/1982, p. 10. "He served as State Representative 14 years and Bexar County Commissioner 10 years." Seguin Gazette-Enterprise.

Photographs

  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.L. Reader, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

49th R.S. - 1945
Aeronautics (Vice Chair) 
Appropriations  
Local and Uncontested Bills  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Public Health  
46th R.S. - 1939
Common Carriers  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Labor  
Liquor Traffic  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Health (Vice Chair) 
45th R.S. - 1937
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Labor  
Liquor Traffic  
Public Health  
44th R.S. - 1935
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Inspect Property at Milford, Texas, as Housing Facility for Dependent and Neglected Children, Special  
Liquor Traffic  
Public Health (Chair) 
Public Printing  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Common Carriers  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Public Health (Chair) 
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Common Carriers  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Public Health (Chair) 
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
41st R.S. - 1929
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Liquor Traffic  
Public Health  

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