Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd (1)	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum
S	28	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd (2)	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum
S	28	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 12, 1971	61st (3)   60th (4)   61st (3)	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock	Senate President Pro Tempore (61st)	Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum
S	28	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th (5)	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum
S	28	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th (6)	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum
H	97-2	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Lubbock
H	97-2	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Lubbock

(1) 63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 2-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) 61st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 7/28/1969. Senate Journal.
(4) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(5) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1966 due to redistricting. Reapportionment of Senate districts occurred in the 59th Legislature, Regular Session (1965), ch. 324 (SB 547). Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.
(6) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 59th Legislature, R.S., SR 457. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 62nd Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 27. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 62nd Legislature, R.S., SR 942. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 64th Legislature, R.S., HCR 39. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 67th Legislature, 2nd C.S., SCR 6. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch and photo. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature, 1973.

Military Service Notes

• United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.

Photographs

• Photograph. H.J. (Doc) Blanchard, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. (Doc) Blanchard, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. (Doc) Blanchard, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. (Doc) Blanchard, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. Blanchard, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. (Doc) Blanchard, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. Blanchard, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. H.J. (Doc) Blanchard, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. H.J. Blanchard, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 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.
• 55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

63rd R.S. - 1973 Economic Development   Natural Resources   Property Tax Committee, Legislative (Chair)  State Affairs   State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations

62nd R.S. - 1971 Banking   Economic Development (Chair)  Environment (Vice Chair)  Environmental Affairs, Interim   Finance   Insurance (Chair)  Interstate Cooperation   Jurisprudence   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Life Insurance Companies, Prevention of Insolvencies   Nominations   Oil and Gas   Parks and Wildlife   Rules   Rules of the Senate   State Affairs   Unemployment Compensation and Workmen's Compensation Laws, Interim

61st R.S. - 1969 Banking   County, District, and Urban Affairs   Finance   Insurance (Chair)  Insurance   Interstate Cooperation   Land Use and Environmental Control   Liquor Laws   Lunar Landing Commission   Mental Health and Mental Retardation Law   Nominations (Vice Chair)  Oil and Gas   Parks and Wildlife   Pipeline   Public Utility Commission   State Affairs   Tort Claims Act   Uninsured Motorists' Coverage   Water and Conservation

60th R.S. - 1967 Education   Finance   Game and Fish   Governmental Immunity   Insurance   Insurance Investigation, Hospital, Health and Accident Insurance (Chair)  Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair)  Land Use and Environmental Control   Nominations (Chair)  Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   Rules   Rules of the Senate   State Affairs   Transportation   Water and Conservation

59th R.S. - 1965 Finance   Game and Fish   General Investigating   Insurance (Chair)  Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair)  Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Nominations   Oil and Gas   Public Health   State Affairs   Transportation

58th R.S. - 1963 Banking   Counties, Cities and Towns   Finance   Game and Fish   Insurance   Interstate-Cooperation   Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations (Chair)  Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts   Nominations   Oil and Gas   State Affairs   Transportation

56th R.S. - 1959 General Investigating Committee (Chair)  Interstate Cooperation   Local and Uncontested Bills   Motor Traffic (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs

55th R.S. - 1957 Appropriations   Congressional and Legislative Districts   General Investigating   Interstate Cooperation   Public Health   Revenue and Taxation