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	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 Information top

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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