Cecil A. Lotief

Cecil Azar Lotief

Full Name: Cecil Azar Lotief, Sr.
Date of birth: May 18, 1888
Date of death: February 17, 1971

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 107 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Cross Plains / Callahan   Callahan, Eastland
H 107 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Cross Plains / Callahan   Callahan, Eastland

(1) Merchant. 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 107
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Cross Plains / Callahan
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland
House District 107
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Cross Plains / Callahan
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland

(1) Merchant. 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Cecil Azar Lotief, birth date 5/18/1888, death date 2/17/1971, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Includes photo and biographical sketch. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • Cecil Azar Lotief, birth date 5/19/1888 in Lebanon; death date 2/17/1971 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; retired merchant, Lotief Drygoods. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Photo of Cecil Lotief, Sr., "the first Lebanese Texan in the House of Representatives . . . He came from Lebanon in 1904 at the age of 17," p. 111. Picture Book of Fisher County.
  • Obituary, "Cecil Lotief Rites Slated," 2/19/1971, p. 6. Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935
Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair) 
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Banks and Banking  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Labor  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Questionnaire Submitted to Members of the House, Special  
State Affairs  

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