R.H. (Dick) Cory

R.H. 'Dick' Cory

Full Name: Richard Henry "Dick" Cory
Date of birth: April 7, 1918
Date of death: December 5, 2009

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 43 Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971 61st   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 43 Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969 60th   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 33 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 33 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 33 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 33 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 33 Jan 21, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1) (2)   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria
H 33 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, Victoria

(1) Lawyer, abstracter. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Not present at organization of the House 1/8/1957. Oath of office administered 1/21/1957, pp. 97-98. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 43
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 43
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
Legislatures: 60th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 33
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 59th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 33
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 33
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 33
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 33
Jan 21, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1) (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria
House District 33
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

(1) Lawyer, abstracter. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Not present at organization of the House 1/8/1957. Oath of office administered 1/21/1957, pp. 97-98. House Journal.

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Committee Information top

61st R.S. - 1969
Aeronautics  
Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax (Chair) 
Franchising and Multi-level Distributorships (Chair) 
General Investigating (Chair) 
Health Care (Chair) 
Insurance  
Legislators' Duties, Responsibilities, Compensation and Ethics (Commission of 100)  
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules (Chair) 
State Affairs  
60th R.S. - 1967
Constitutional Revision Commission  
Insurance  
Liquor Control Act, Financial and Business Relationship Between Permittees and Licensees (Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules  
State Affairs (Chair) 
State Affairs Subcommittee to Study Liquor Law (Chair) 
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice  
59th R.S. - 1965
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
General Investigating  
Insurance  
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules of the House  
Saving Taxes (Chair) 
State Affairs (Chair) 
58th R.S. - 1963
Insurance (Vice Chair) 
Interstate Cooperation  
Motor Traffic (Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
State Affairs  
State and Local Tax Policy  
57th R.S. - 1961
Claims and Accounts  
Counties  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Federal Relations  
Insurance  
Special Districts  
56th R.S. - 1959
Game and Fisheries  
Insurance  
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules  
State Affairs (Chair) 
55th R.S. - 1957
Game and Fisheries  
House Committee System (Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules (Chair) 
State Affairs  
54th R.S. - 1955
Federal Relations  
Game and Fisheries  
Liquor Regulation  
Local and Uncontested Bills  
State Affairs  

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