Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	32-I	Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979	65th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	32-8	Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977	64th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	32-8	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

65th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HSR 26. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
74th Legislature, R.S., HR 1059. Memorializing 35 members who died in the past two years. Resolutions - Memorial.
74th Legislature, R.S., HR 428. Died 3/11/1995. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch, Dorothy J. Chrisman (Chris) Miller, pp. 166-168. Died 3/12/1995. First woman elected to represent Tarrant County in the Texas House. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Oral history interview available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas.

Other Resources

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. Chris Miller, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Chris Miller, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Chris Miller, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

63rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
64th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
65th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

65th R.S. - 1977 Drugs and Alcohol Abuse and Control, Select Health and Welfare Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Aging Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Health (Chair) Natural Resources Rules (Vice Chair) Rules Subcommittee on Reorganization of House Rules (Chair) Rules Subcommittee on Resolutions (Chair)
64th R.S. - 1975 Constitutional Revision (Vice Chair) Health and Welfare Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Public Welfare Parks and Recreation in North Texas Public Health Texas Unemployment Compensation Act, Temporary
63rd R.S. - 1973 Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on Pollution Control (Vice Chair) Human Resources Prison Reform Public Health Reapportionment Small Business, Interim

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