Cecil Azar Lotief

Full Name: Cecil Azar Lotief, Sr.
Date of birth: May 18, 1888
Date of death: February 17, 1971

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	107	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937	44th	Democrat	Cross Plains / Callahan		Callahan, Eastland
H	107	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Cross Plains / Callahan		Callahan, Eastland

(1) Merchant. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601 House Journal.

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House District 107
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Cross Plains / Callahan
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland

House District 107
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Cross Plains / Callahan
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland

(1) Merchant. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601 House Journal.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

62nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 502. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Cecil Azar Lotief, birth date 5/18/1888, death date 2/17/1971, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Includes photo and biographical sketch. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Cecil Azar Lotief, birth date 5/19/1888 in Lebanon; death date 2/17/1971 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; retired merchant, Lotief Drygoods. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Photo of Cecil Lotief, Sr., "the first Lebanese Texan in the House of Representatives . . . He came from Lebanon in 1904 at the age of 17," p. 111. Picture Book of Fisher County.
Obituary, "Cecil Lotief Rites Slated," 2/19/1971, p. 6. Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Photographs

Photograph. Cecil A. Lotief, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Cecil A. Lotief, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935 Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair) Highways and Motor Traffic Municipal and Private Corporations Oil, Gas and Mining Revenue and Taxation
43rd R.S. - 1933 Banks and Banking Highways and Motor Traffic Labor Livestock and Stock Raising Questionnaire Submitted to Members of the House, Special State Affairs

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