Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	59	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Webb, Zapata
H	59	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Webb, Zapata
H	59	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Webb, Zapata
H	69	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Webb, Zapata
H	69	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Webb, Zapata

(1) Sworn 12/1/1962. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 389. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
69th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HCR 7. Member of LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) Council No. 12. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.
Memorial, November 1986, p. 1127. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army Air Corps, Captain, World War II. "As a member of the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, Mr. Ligarde attained the rank of captain while participating in 50 combat missions in North Africa and Italy; he won commendation for his meritorious military service and was awarded the Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters and the Presidential Unit Citation." 69th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HCR 7. Resolutions - Memorial.

Photographs

Photograph. Honore Ligarde, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Honore Ligarde, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Honore Ligarde, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Honore Ligarde, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Honore Ligarde, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
60th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
61st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
62nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

62nd R.S. - 1971 Commerce and Manufacturing Common Carriers Juvenile Crime and Deliquency Mexican-American Rail Passenger Service Revenue and Taxation State Finance (Chair) Texas-Mexico-Central America Friendship
61st R.S. - 1969 Agricultural Land Assessment Constitutional Amendments Interim Activities Labor Labor Surplus (Chair) Revenue and Taxation State Finance (Vice Chair) Taxation of Farm, Ranch and Forest Lands
60th R.S. - 1967 Counties Judiciary Liquor Regulation Military and Veterans' Affairs Rules (Vice Chair) Wages and Employment
59th R.S. - 1965 Banks and Banking Insurance Judicial Districts (Vice Chair) Judiciary Motor Traffic Priority of State Tax Liens
58th R.S. - 1963 Constitutional Amendments Counties Federal Relations Liquor Regulation Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections

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