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

Terms of Service top

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) 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.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

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

Other Resources

Cecil Azar Lotief, birth date 5/19/1888 in Lebanon, death date 2/17/1971 in Dallas, Texas, U.S. 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.

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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