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|alma_mater=Morgan Park Academy<br> ([[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]))

|alma_mater=Morgan Park Academy<br> ([[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]))

'''Richard Mortimer Chitwood''' (February 9, 1878 &ndash; November 21, 1926)<ref>Chitwood's [[death certificate]] lists the date of death as February 9; the Texas Legislative Reference Library has the date as February 1, 1878.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state representative from Sweetwater, [[Texas]], who represented District 117, which  encompassed Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties in the western part of his state. In his first House term from 1921 to 1923, he represented the same counties as District 121.<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=2302&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Chitwood~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=

'''Richard Mortimer Chitwood''' (February 9, 1878 &ndash; November 21, 1926)<ref>Chitwood's death certificate lists the date of death as February 9; the Texas Legislative Reference Library has the date as February 1, 1878.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state representative from Sweetwater, [[Texas]], who represented District 117, which  encompassed Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties in the western part of his state. In his first House term from 1921 to 1923, he represented the same counties as District 121.<ref name=lrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=2302&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Chitwood~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=

|title=Richard M. Chitwood|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}</ref>

|title=Richard M. Chitwood|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}</ref> He played a major role in the establishment of [[Texas Tech University]].

==Biography==

==Biography==