Lucius Pat Leach

Full Name: Lucius Pat Leach
Date of birth: May 10, 1881
Date of death: August 20, 1931

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	42	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Big Hill / Limestone		Limestone
H	42	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Big Hill / Limestone		Limestone

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

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House District 42
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Big Hill / Limestone
Counties in district: Limestone

House District 42
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Big Hill / Limestone
Counties in district: Limestone

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Biographical Sketches

Memoir of Rev. Lucius Pat Leach, 66th Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, November 1931, pp. 51-52. "In 1909, he made the race for representative of Limestone County and was elected and served two terms in the State Legislature of Texas. Pat was always a man of convictions and even while in the Legislature he was on the right side of moral questions. Both the State and the Church had in him a true friend of prohibition and righteousness." Journal of the Central Texas Conference.

Other Resources

L. Pat Leach, birth date 5/10/1881 in Alabama; death date 8/20/1931 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas; burial in Big Hill; Methodist minister; wife Mrs. Berta Champion Leach. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Rev. L.P. Leach (1881-1931), burial in Big Hill Cemetery, Big Hill, Limestone County. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Rev. Pat Leach, "Methodist Pastor at Hillsboro Dies," 8/21/1931, p. 16. "Deceased was born in Alabama and settled in Limestone County when he first came to Texas. He served in the Legislature from that county." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
31st Legislature (1909) - Pat Leach, postoffice Big Hill, nativity Alabama, age 27 (born circa 1882), teacher, 9 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. L. Pat Leach, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L. Pat Leach, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Normal and College of Industrial Arts at Denton Civil and Criminal Procedure Congressional Districts Contingent Expenses Criminal Jurisprudence Education Liquor Traffic Revenue and Taxation
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Agriculture Education Judicial Districts Liquor Traffic Military Affairs
31st R.S. - 1909 Agriculture Education Judicial Districts Liquor Traffic Military Affairs

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