Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Lee Reader

Full Name: Robert Lee Reader
Birth date: April 30, 1886
Death date: December 6, 1982

Terms of Service

House, 49th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/9/1945 - 12/31/1946
Democrat
House, 46th Legislature
1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
Democrat
House, 45th Legislature
1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
Democrat
House, 44th Legislature
1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat
House, 42nd Legislature
1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
Democrat
House, 41st Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .
(2) Reader resigned 12/31/1946. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Reader, State Preservation Board

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 .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/1/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch .
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 .
Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People 1937.