R.H. 'Dick' Cory

Full Name: Richard Henry "Dick" Cory
Date of birth: April 7, 1918
Date of death: December 5, 2009

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	43	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	43	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	33	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	33	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	33	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	33	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	33	Jan 21, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria
H	33	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Calhoun, Victoria

(1) Lawyer, abstracter. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Not present at organization of the House 1/8/1957. Oath of office administered 1/21/1957, pp. 97-98. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 43
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 43
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
Legislatures: 60th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 33
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 59th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 33
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 33
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 33
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 33
Jan 21, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

House District 33
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria
Counties in district: Calhoun, Victoria

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

56th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 30. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 368. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 289. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 240. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 125. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 433. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
62nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 103. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Cory, Richard H. Texas State Cemetery.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Ordnance Master Sergeant, World War II. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. R.H. (Dick) Cory, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. [Dick] Cory, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. (Dick) Cory, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. (Dick) Cory, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. Cory, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. Cory, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. (Dick) Cory, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. R.H. Cory, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. Cory, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.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.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

61st R.S. - 1969 Aeronautics Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax (Chair) Franchising and Multi-level Distributorships (Chair) General Investigating (Chair) Health Care (Chair) Insurance Legislators' Duties, Responsibilities, Compensation and Ethics (Commission of 100) Revenue and Taxation Rules (Chair) State Affairs
60th R.S. - 1967 Constitutional Revision Commission Insurance Liquor Control Act, Financial and Business Relationship Between Permittees and Licensees (Chair) Revenue and Taxation Rules State Affairs (Chair) State Affairs Subcommittee to Study Liquor Law (Chair) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
59th R.S. - 1965 Congressional and Legislative Districts General Investigating Insurance Revenue and Taxation Rules of the House Saving Taxes (Chair) State Affairs (Chair)
58th R.S. - 1963 Insurance (Vice Chair) Interstate Cooperation Motor Traffic (Chair) Revenue and Taxation State Affairs State and Local Tax Policy
57th R.S. - 1961 Claims and Accounts Counties Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations Insurance Special Districts
56th R.S. - 1959 Game and Fisheries Insurance Revenue and Taxation Rules State Affairs (Chair)
55th R.S. - 1957 Game and Fisheries House Committee System (Chair) Revenue and Taxation Rules (Chair) State Affairs
54th R.S. - 1955 Federal Relations Game and Fisheries Liquor Regulation Local and Uncontested Bills State Affairs

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