Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.
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| Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr. | |
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| Order | Mayor of El Paso, Texas |
| Term of Office | 1915-1917 |
| Predecessor | Charles E. Kelley |
| Successor | |
| Date of Birth | October 29, 1877 |
| Place of Birth | Independence, Missouri |
| Date of Death | August 2, 1945 |
| Place of Death | El Paso, Texas |
| Wife | Zola May Utt, 1906 - 1936, Rosario Partida Archer 1939 - 1945 |
| Profession | Attorney, Judge |
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Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr. (1877-1945) was the mayor of El Paso, Texas, United States, from 1915 to 1917. Before becoming mayor, Lea was a local judge in El Paso. In April, 1911, he presided over the hearing of community activist Lázaro Gutiérrez de Lara (Romo, 69). For some time, Lea served as the official attorney for former Mexican president Victoriano Huerta (Romo, 231). Lea's administration passed the first U.S. law banning Mexican hemp because of its association with Mexican revolutionaries (Romo, 231). His eldest son is noted author and illustrator Thomas C. Lea, III.
[edit] References
- Lea, Thomas Calloway Jr.. Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- Romo, David Dorado (2005), Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juárez: 1893-1923, Cinco Puntos Press, ISBN 0938317911
- Lay, Shawn (1985), War, Revolution, and the Ku Klux Klan: A Study of Intolerance in a Border City, Texas Western Press, ISBN 0874040949
