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Leopold Morris Full Name: Leopold Morris Date of birth: February 24, 1883 Date of death: November 12, 1952 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 74 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary and photo, "Leopold Morris, Postmaster, Dies," 11/13/1952, pp. 1, 11. Born 2/24/1883 in Corpus Christi. Elected to Texas Legislature in 1912; "As a legislator, for one term, he had the Fannin Battlefield State Park established and obtained an appropriation for purchase of La Bahia Mission." Editor of the Victoria Advocate, postmaster of Victoria. Victoria Advocate. Military Service Notes United States Army, Private, World War I, enlisted 8/24/1917, discharged 10/3/1917, subsequent WWI registration date 9/12/1918. Leopold Morris, residence in Victoria, Texas, birth date 2/24/1883, editor, death date 11/12/1952. FamilySearch. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 United States Army, World War I. "He served for a short time as a volunteer in the Army in the First World War . . . " Obituary, "Leopold Morris, Postmaster, Dies," 11/13/1952, pp. 1, 11. Victoria Advocate. Other Resources Leopold Morris, birth date 2/24/1883 in Corpus Christi, death date 11/12/1952 in Victoria, postmaster. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Leopold Morris, birth date 2/24/1883, death date 11/12/1952, photos, burial in Catholic Cemetery #3, Victoria, Victoria County. Find a Grave. 33rd Legislature (1913) - Leopold Morris, postoffice Victoria, nativity Texas, age 30 (born circa 1883), publisher, 30 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Leopold Morris, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 33rd R.S. - 1913 Banks and Banking   Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair)  Labor   Public Printing   Stock and Stock Raising

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