Mauro Rosas
Full Name: Mauro RosasDate of birth: December 5, 1925
Date of death: September 10, 1993
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 105-3 | Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 | 57th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 105-3 | Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 | 56th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso |
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 57th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- El Paso / El Paso
- Counties in district:
- El Paso
- Legislatures:
- 56th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- El Paso / El Paso
- Counties in district:
- El Paso
Biographical Information
- 74th Legislature, R.S., HR 1059. Resolutions - Memorial.
- ROSAS, MAURO (1925-1993). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.
- Memorial, June 1994, p. 683. "He was the first Mexican-American from El Paso to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives where he served from 1959 to 1963." Texas Bar Journal.
- United States Army Air Corps, Staff Sergeant, World War II. Military grave marker, Mauro Rosas, birth date 12/5/1925, death date 9/10/1993, burial in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County. Find a Grave.
- United States Army Air Forces, Staff Sergeant, World War II. "During World War II, Rosas enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 and served as an aerial gunner in Italy. He flew approximately fifty combat missions and accrued five battle stars and an air medal with two oak leaf clusters before he was discharged in October 1945 with the rank of staff sergeant." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018. Selected newspaper articles
- Photograph. Mauro Rosas, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Mauro Rosas, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Mauro Rosas, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
- 56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information
House Committees
- Criminal Jurisprudence
- Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Chair)
- Highways and Roads
- Liquor Regulation
- Revenue and Taxation
Joint Committees
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