Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	22	Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 13, 1981	65th   66th	Democrat	Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto		Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise, Young
S	22	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 11, 1977	63rd (1)   64th	Democrat	Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto		Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens, Wise, Young
S	22	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd (2)	Democrat	Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto		Clay, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Tarrant, Wise
S	22	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 12, 1971	60th (3)   61st	Democrat	Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto		Clay, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Tarrant, Wise
S	22	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967	59th (4)   58th (5)   59th (4)	Democrat	Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto	Senate President Pro Tempore (59th)	Callahan, Clay, Denton, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise
S	22	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th (6)	Democrat	Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto		Callahan, Clay, Denton, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise

(1) 63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1972 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.
(3) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(4) 59th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/12/1965. Senate Journal.
(5) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(6) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 61st Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 3. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 63rd Legislature, R.S., SR 187. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 64th Legislature, R.S., SR 227. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 66th Legislature, R.S., SR 160. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 67th Legislature, R.S., SR 484. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 75th Legislature, R.S., SR 614. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Oral history interview available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature, 1973.
• Biographical sketch and photo. The Senators of Texas, 64th Session, 1975.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 66th Legislature, 1979.

Military Service Notes

• United States Navy, World War II. The Senators of Texas, 64th Session, 1975.
• United States Navy. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

• Thomas William Creighton, birth date 2/26/1927, death date 4/28/1997, burial in Woodland Park Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County. Find a Grave.
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1977.

Photographs

• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 66th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Creighton, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 59th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 60th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 61st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 62nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 63rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 64th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 65th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.
• 66th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

66th R.S. - 1979 Economic Development (Chair)  Finance   Governor's Mansion, Special   Natural Resources   Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water

65th R.S. - 1977 Economic Development (Chair)  Election Code Revision   Finance   Natural Resources   Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water   State Artist Selection, Special

64th R.S. - 1975 Economic Development (Chair)  Finance (Vice Chair)  Natural Resources   Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water   State Artist Selection, Special   Textile Industry Development

63rd R.S. - 1973 Economic Development (Chair)  Finance   Natural Resources   Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water (Chair)  Special Districts, Special   State Artist Selection, Special

62nd R.S. - 1971 Agriculture and Livestock   Banking   County, District and Urban Affairs   Environment   Finance   Foreign Livestock Trade and Grain Development   Insurance   Jurisprudence   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Natural Resources (Chair)  Oil and Gas   Parks and Wildlife   Privacy   Special Districts   State Affairs   Water and Conservation (Chair)

61st R.S. - 1969 Agriculture and Industry   Agriculture and Livestock   Aircraft   Automobile Insurance Rates   County, District, and Urban Affairs   Election Law   Finance   General Investigating   Insurance   Jurisprudence   Oil and Gas   Parks and Wildlife   Privileges and Elections   State Affairs   Urban Affairs   Water and Conservation (Chair)  Water Resources Study (Vice Chair)

60th R.S. - 1967 Banking   Charitable Immunity   Counties, Cities, and Towns   Emergency Hospital Treatment   Finance   Flag of Alamo, Special (Vice Chair)  Game and Fish   Governmental Immunity   Insurance   Jurisprudence   Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Health   State Affairs (Vice Chair)  Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)

59th R.S. - 1965 Banking   Counties, Cities and Towns   Election Law (Chair)  Finance   Game and Fish (Chair)  Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections   State Affairs   Transportation

58th R.S. - 1963 Counties, Cities and Towns (Vice Chair)  Finance   Game and Fish (Chair)  Jurisprudence   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   State Affairs   Transportation

57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture and Livestock   Claims   Constitutional Amendments   Counties, Cities and Towns (Vice Chair)  Election Law (Chair)  Insurance   Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair)  Public Health   State Affairs