A.M. Aikin, Jr.
Full Name: Alexander Mack Aikin, Jr.
Other surnames:
Aiken,
Date of birth: October 9, 1905
Date of death: October 24, 1981
Terms of Service top
Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
S
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1
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Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 9, 1979
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65th
64th
65th
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Dean of the Senate. (65th)
Dean of the Senate. (64th)
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Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975
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63rd
(1)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Dean of the Senate. (63rd)
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Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 9, 1973
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62nd
61st
62nd
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Dean of the Senate. (62nd)
Dean of the Senate. (61st)
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Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
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60th
(2)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Dean of the Senate. (60th)
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Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967
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59th
58th
(3)
(4)
(5)
59th
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Dean of the Senate. (59th)
Dean of the Senate. (58th)
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Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 8, 1963
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56th
57th
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959
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54th
55th
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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1
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Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
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53rd
(6)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus
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S
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8
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Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 13, 1953
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51st
52nd
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
|
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Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River
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S
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8
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Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 11, 1949
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49th
50th
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River
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S
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8
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Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 9, 1945
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48th
(7)
47th
48th
(7)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Senate President Pro Tempore (48th)
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Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River
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S
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8
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Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941
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45th
(9)
46th
(8)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River
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H
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37
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Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
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44th
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
|
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Fannin, Lamar
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H
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37
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Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
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43rd
(10)
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Democrat
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Paris / Lamar
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Fannin, Lamar
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(1)
63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 2-year term.
Senate Journal.
(2)
60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 2-year term.
Senate Journal.
(3)
58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term.
Senate Journal.
(4)
58th Legislature - Presentation of Dean of Senate, 1/9/1963, p. 15. Senator Reagan by unanimous consent presented Senator A. M. Aikin, Jr., as Dean of the Senate, succeeding former Senator R. A. Weinert of Seguin.
Senate Journal.
(5)
See the Senate Journal, 58th Legislature, p. 15.
Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate', 2002.
(6)
53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term.
Senate Journal.
(7)
48th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 5/11/1943.
Senate Journal.
(8)
46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2.
Senate Journal.
(9)
45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2.
Senate Journal.
(10)
Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601.
House Journal.
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Selected Newspaper articles
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 61st Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 35.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 62nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 347, recognizing Senator A.M. Aikin, Jr. as the "Father of Modern Texas Education" and providing that a portrait of A.M. Aikin, Jr. be hung in the Senate Chamber.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 63rd Legislature, R.S., SCR 95, calling for a Joint Session of the Legislature for the formal unveiling of the portrait of Senator A.M. Aikin, Jr.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 63rd Legislature, R.S., SCR 95.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 64th Legislature, R.S., SR 592.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 65th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 29 and 65th Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 92.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary
- 65th Legislature, R.S., SR 744.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 66th Legislature, R.S., HR 179.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
- 67th Legislature, 2nd C.S., SCR 12.
Resolutions - Memorial.
- Addresses to Joint Session honoring Senator A.M. Aikin, Jr., by Senator Ralph Hall, Representative Menton Murray, Governor Dolph Briscoe, and Senator A.M. Aikin, Jr., pursuant to SR 347, 62nd 3rd C.S. and SCR 95, 63rd R.S. 63rd Legislature, R.S., 5/26/1973, pp. 1557-1560.
Senate Journal.
- Tribute to Senator A.M. Aikin, Jr. by Senators and Governor Dolph Briscoe, Address by Senator Aikin, 65th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 8/8/1978, pp. 208-215.
Senate Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch and description of the Aikin Archive collection,
A.M. and Welma Aikin Regional Archives.
- A.M. Aikin, Jr., birth date 10/9/1905, death date 10/24/1981, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County. Includes "A Life of Service," biographical sketch of Alexander Mack Aikin, Jr., from the A.M. and Welma Aikin Jr. Regional Archives at Paris Junior College.
Find a Grave.
- AIKIN, A.M., JR. (1905-1981).
Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and photo.
Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature, 1973.
- Biographical sketch and photo.
The Senators of Texas, 64th Session, 1975.
Other Resources
- Joint session of the legislature called to honor A.M. Aikin, Jr., "a tradition very seldom broken that this state honor a living human being," "Dean of Legislature Honored at Capitol," 5/27/1973.
Austin American-Statesman.
- Relatives: A.M. Aikin, Jr. - father; A.M. Aikin, III - son; "Aikin to Run for Education Board," 11/11/1987.
Austin American-Statesman.
- "And for those who have wondered what 'A.M.' stands for—it's initials only, no first or middle name," "A Tribute to 37 Years of Service," 5/24/1973, p. 27.
Dallas Morning News.
- Census of 1910 - Alexander M. Aikin, Lamar County, age 4, born circa 1906 in Texas, son of Alexander M. Aikin.
Census of 1920 - Alexander Aikin, Jr., Lamar County, age 14, born circa 1906 in Texas, son of Alexander M. Aikin.
Census of 1930 - A.M. Aiken, Paris, Lamar County, age 22, born circa 1908 in Texas, salesman/dry goods store, wife Wilma.
Census of 1940 - "A.M." Aikin, Paris, Lamar County, age 33, born circa 1907 in Texas, Senator/State of Texas, wife Wilma.
FamilySearch. 1910
1920
1930
1940
- Photograph,
Gilmer-Aikin Bills: a Study in the Legislative Process, 1950.
- Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17.
The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
- Obituary, 10/26/1981, "A.M. Aikin, Longest Tenured in Texas Legislature, Is Dead."
New York Times.
- Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6.
Paris News.
- Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974.
Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.
- As Senate President Pro Tem, Aikin declared martial law in Beaumont, TX, following race riots, "Sen. Aikin has Busy Time Pinch-Hitting for Stevenson as Martial Law Reigns," 6/21/1943.
State Observer.
- Photo,
Texas Education Agency.
Photographs
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Aikin, Jr., 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
A.M. Akin, Jr., 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
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45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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46th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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47th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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48th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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49th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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50th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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51st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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52nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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53rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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54th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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59th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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60th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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61st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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62nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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63rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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64th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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65th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.
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43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
65th R.S. - 1977
Education
Finance
(Chair)
State Affairs
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64th R.S. - 1975
Education
Finance
(Chair)
State Affairs
Texas Constitution
(Chair)
|
63rd R.S. - 1973
Education
Finance
(Chair)
State Affairs
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62nd R.S. - 1971
Administration
(Vice Chair)
Administration
Commerce and Industry
County, District and Urban Affairs
Education
Environment
Finance
(Chair)
General Investigating, Special
Insurance
Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts
Nominations
Public Junior Colleges, Interim
Public School Finance, Interim
Rules
Rules of the Senate
State Affairs
Teacher Retirement Benefits, Interim
Urban Education
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61st R.S. - 1969
Commerce and Industry
Consumer Protection
Contingent Expense
(Vice Chair)
Education
(Chair)
Finance
(Vice Chair)
Insurance
Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Law
Nominations
Rules
Rules of the Senate
State Affairs
State and Local School Disricts Financial Relationship (Committee of Eighteen)
(Chair)
State Departments and Institutions
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60th R.S. - 1967
Banking
Constitutional Revision Commission
Contingent Expenses
(Vice Chair)
Education
Finance
(Chair)
Insurance
Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts
Nominations
Rules
(Chair)
Rules of the Senate
State Affairs
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59th R.S. - 1965
Constitutional Amendments
Contingent Expense
(Chair)
Counties, Cities and Towns
Education
Finance
Insurance
Jurisprudence
Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts
Nominations
Public Health
Rules
(Chair)
State Affairs
Transportation
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58th R.S. - 1963
Contingent Expense
(Chair)
Counties, Cities and Towns
Education
Finance
Insurance
Jurisprudence
Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts
Nominations
Privileges and Elections
Public Health
Rules
State Affairs
(Chair)
Transportation
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57th R.S. - 1961
Counties, Cities and Towns
(Chair)
Education
Finance
General Investigating
Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts
Privileges and Elections
State Affairs
State Insurance Board, Investigation
Transportation
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56th R.S. - 1959
Banking
Counties, Cities and Towns
(Chair)
Education
Finance
General Investigating
Privileges and Elections
State Affairs
Transportation
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55th R.S. - 1957
Banking
Education
Finance
Game and Fish
Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special
Nominations
Privileges and Elections
Public School System (Hale-Aikin Committee of Twenty-Four)
(Chair)
State Affairs
Transportation
(Vice Chair)
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54th R.S. - 1955
Commerce and Manufacturing
Congressional Districts
Conservation of Paintings
Education
Finance
Game and Fish
Insurance
Labor
Nominations of the Governor
(Chair)
Preservation and Conservation of Paintings, Special
Segregation in Public Schools, Advisory
Segregation in Public Schools, Legal and Legislative Subcommittee on
State Affairs
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53rd R.S. - 1953
Assignment or Employment, Special
(Chair)
Banking
Committee of the Whole Senate
Contingent Expenses
(Chair)
Educational Affairs
(Chair)
Finance
General Investigating
Labor
Preservation and Conservation of Paintings, Special
State Affairs
State Highways and Motor Traffic
Texas Commission on Higher Education
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52nd R.S. - 1951
Assignment, Special
Congressional Districts
Contingent Expenses
Educational Affairs
(Chair)
Finance
Labor
Nominations of the Governor
(Vice Chair)
State Affairs
State Highways and Motor Traffic
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51st R.S. - 1949
Aeronautics
Banking
Civil Jurisprudence
Contingent Expenses
(Chair)
Education
Employees Assignment, Special
(Chair)
Finance
General Investigating
(Chair)
General Investigating, Special
(Chair)
Labor
Nominations of the Governor
Rules
State Affairs
(Chair)
Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage
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50th R.S. - 1947
Aeronautics
Banking
(Vice Chair)
Civil Jurisprudence
Constitutional Amendments
Contingent Expense
(Chair)
Education
Employees Assignment, Special
(Chair)
Finance
(Vice Chair)
General Investigating, Special
(Chair)
Highways and Motor Traffic
Labor
Nominations of Governor
Penitentiaries
Public School System of Texas (Gilmer-Aikin), Special
Rules
Rural Aid Equalization, Special Joint Legislative
State Affairs
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49th R.S. - 1945
Agriculture
Civil Jurisprudence
Contingent Expense
(Chair)
Education
(Vice Chair)
Employment, Special
(Chair)
Enrolled Bills
Finance
Labor
Military Affairs
Public Lands and Land Office
Veterans' Affairs
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48th R.S. - 1943
Agricultural Affairs
Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, Investigation, Special
Civil Jurisprudence
(Vice Chair)
Congressional Districts
Constitutional Amendments
Education
Finance
Interstate Cooperation
Judicial Districts
Labor
Military Affairs
Nominations of the Governor
Public Lands and Land Office
Rules
(Chair)
State Penitentiaries
Textbooks and The University of Texas, Investigation, Special and Interim
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47th R.S. - 1941
Agriculture
Civil Jurisprudence
Constitutional Amendments
Counties and County Boundaries
(Vice Chair)
Education
Eleemosynary Appropriation, Special
Finance
(Chair)
General Investigating, Special
Highways and Motor Traffic
Judicial Districts
Military Affairs
Nominations of Governor
Senatorial Districts
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46th R.S. - 1939
Agriculture
Civil Jurisprudence
Constitutional Amendments
Education
(Chair)
Finance
Highways and Motor Traffic
(Vice Chair)
Judicial Districts
Military Affairs
Nominations of Governor
Poet Laureate Selection, Special
Privileges and Elections
Public Lands and Land Office
Towns and City Corporations
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45th R.S. - 1937
Agricultural Affairs
Banking
Civil Jurisprudence
Congressional Districts
(Chair)
Educational Affairs
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Rural Aid to Schools, Special
Engrossed Bills
Finance
General Appropriations Bill Preparation, Special
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage
Nominations of the Governor
Privileges and Elections
(Vice Chair)
Rules
State Highways and Motor Traffic
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44th R.S. - 1935
Appropriations
Counties
Education
(Chair)
Judicial Districts
|
43rd R.S. - 1933
Claims and Accounts
Counties
Education
Judicial Districts
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions
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