Howard Green

Howard Lemuel Green

Full Name: Howard Lemuel Green
Date of birth: January 24, 1921
Date of death: October 13, 2005

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 60-6 Jan 12, 1965 - Dec 31, 1966 59th (1)   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 60-6 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 60-6 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 60-6 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th (2) (3) (4)   Unaffiliated Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 60-6 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (5)   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant

(1) Green resigned 12/31/1966. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Not included on list of non-democrats. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature.
(3) Party listed as Independent. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographical Data, House of Representatives.
(4) 56th Legislature - Independent. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographies of Legislators, 1947.
(5) Insurance agent. "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.

Terms of Service top

House District 60-6
Jan 12, 1965 - Dec 31, 1966
Legislatures: 59th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 60-6
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 60-6
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 60-6
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th (2) (3) (4)  
Party: Unaffiliated
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 60-6
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (5)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

(1) Green resigned 12/31/1966. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Not included on list of non-democrats. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature.
(3) Party listed as Independent. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographical Data, House of Representatives.
(4) 56th Legislature - Independent. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographies of Legislators, 1947.
(5) Insurance agent. "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.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • "Howard Lemuel Green: Baseball, History, Politics Defined Actor's Grandfather," 10/15/2005. Actor Ethan Hawke remembers his late grandfather, Howard L. Green. Dallas Morning News.
  • "Kinship With the Game: Ethan Hawke, Actor, Through Grandfather, Star Stays Connected to Baseball," 7/13/2005. Howard Green is great-grandfather of Maya Thurman Hawke and Levon Green Hawke, children of grandson Ethan Hawke and former wife Uma Thurman. Dallas Morning News.
  • Obituary, 10/14/2005, "County Judge Helped Bring the Rangers to Arlington." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  • Obituary, 10/14/2005. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  • Mentioned in "Where I'm From: Ethan Hawke," pp. 112, 114. Texas Monthly.

Photographs

  • Photograph. Howard Green, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Howard Green, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Howard Green, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Howard Green, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Howard Green, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
  • Photograph. Howard Green, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965
Constitutional Amendments  
Penitentiaries  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair) 
Representation Before the Legislature  
State Affairs  
58th R.S. - 1963
Agriculture  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections (Vice Chair) 
Public Printing (Chair) 
State Affairs  
57th R.S. - 1961
Aeronautics  
Election Law  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Military and Veterans Affairs  
Motor Traffic  
Penitentiaries  
Texas Turnpike Authority Problems  
56th R.S. - 1959
Aeronautics  
Aged (Vice Chair) 
Commerce and Manufacturers  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Military and Veteran's Affairs  
Motor Traffic  
55th R.S. - 1957
Aeronautics  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Military and Veteran's Affairs  
Penitentiaries  
Public Printing  

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