Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	76	Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997	74th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	76	Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995	73rd	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	73	Jan 8, 1991 - Jan 12, 1993	72nd	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	73	Jan 10, 1989 - Jan 8, 1991	71st	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	73	Jan 13, 1987 - Jan 10, 1989	70th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	73	Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 13, 1987	69th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	73	May 11, 1984 - Jan 8, 1985	68th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso

(1) Nancy McDonald, in special election 4/28/1984, sworn 5/11/1984, succeeded Mary Polk, resigned 2/29/1984. First session was 68th 2nd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Special election 3/24/1984, runoff 4/28/1984. Texas Secretary of State - Election Dates Including Special Elections, 1966-2001.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Mentioned in 74th Legislature, R.S., HCR 122, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the first female legislators. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
80th Legislature, R.S., HR 2805. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch, Nancy Hanks McDonald, pp. 223-224. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
McDonald, Nancy H. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Obituary, 5/14/2007. Quorum Report.

Photographs

Photograph. Nancy McDonald, 74th Legislature, Members of the 74th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
Photograph. Nancy McDonald, 74th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nancy McDonald, 73rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nancy McDonald, 71st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nancy McDonald, 70th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nancy H. McDonald, 69th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nancy McDonald, 68th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature, 1995.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

68th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
69th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
70th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
71st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
72nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
73rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
74th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

74th R.S. - 1995 Appropriations House Administration Public Health
73rd R.S. - 1993 Appropriations (Vice Chair) Calendars Public Health
72nd R.S. - 1991 Appropriations Labor and Employment Relations Labor and Employment Relations Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair)
71st R.S. - 1989 Higher Education Public Health Public Health Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight
70th R.S. - 1987 AIDS, Legislative Task Force on Public Health Rules and Resolutions Steering Committee to Develop a Texas Office of Prevention Ways and Means Ways and Means Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Vice Chair)
69th R.S. - 1985 Public Health Public Health Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Vice Chair) State, Federal and International Relations
68th R.S. - 1983 Public Health State, Federal, and International Relations

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