Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	52-2	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	52-2	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	60-2	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant

(1) Sworn 11/21/1964. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

62nd Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 24. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Shannon, Jr., Joe. Chief criminal division, Tarrant County District Attorney, 1972-78. Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies.
Memorial, September 1975, p. 753. Relatives: Joe Shannon, Sr. - father, Joe Shannon, Jr. - son. (Notes Joe Shannon, Jr. was assistant district attorney, Fort Worth.) Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, 2013 edition. Texas Legal Directory.
Shannon, Jr., Joe. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. Joe Shannon, Jr., 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Shannon, Jr., 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Shannon, Jr., 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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 Constitutional Amendments Counties (Chair) County Government (Chair) Judiciary Land Use and Environmental Control State Affairs Youth
60th R.S. - 1967 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Criminal Law Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Urban Affairs (Vice Chair)
59th R.S. - 1965 Criminal Jurisprudence Criminal Law Revision Game and Fisheries Judiciary Public Lands and Buildings Rules

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