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Patrick Anthony Dwyer Full Name: Patrick Anthony "Pat" Dwyer, Sr. Date of birth: December 17, 1874 Date of death: November 30, 1951 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 78-2 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 78-2 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 78-2 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 78-1 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 78-1 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 78-1 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Other Resources Patrick Anthony Dwyer, birth date 12/17/1874, death date 11/30/1951, Equitable Life Insurance Co. agent. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Pat A. Dwyer, Sr., birth date 12/17/1874, death date 11/30/1951, burial in San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio. Find a Grave. 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. Obituary and photo, "Pat Dwyer, S.A. Politico Dies," 12/2/1951, p. 1. Pat A. Dwyer, Sr., age 76, death date Sunday, 11/30/1951. Dwyer "spent 12 years in the legislature . . . During his carrer [sic: career] in Austin, Dwyer caught added attention by frequently speaking to the house in Spanish." San Antonio Light. 48th Legislature (1943) - Pat Dwyer, postoffice San Antonio, Bexar County, nativity Texas, age 63, salesman, member of former legislatures: 42nd-44th, 46th-47th. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Pat Dwyer, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 48th R.S. - 1943 Banks and Banking   Commerce and Manufactures (Chair)  Common Carriers   Liquor Regulation   Public Health   State Affairs   47th R.S. - 1941 Liquor Traffic   Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  Public Lands and Buildings   State Affairs   Un-American Activities   46th R.S. - 1939 Common Carriers   Enrolled Bills   Liquor Traffic   Livestock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   44th R.S. - 1935 Charges Against Honorable J. E. McDonald, Commissioner of Agriculture, Special   Common Carriers   Liquor Traffic   Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  State Affairs   43rd R.S. - 1933 Banks and Banking   Liquor Traffic   Livestock and Stock Raising   State Affairs   42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking   Commerce and Manufactures   Live Stock and Stock Raising   State Affairs

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