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Franklin Spears Full Name: Franklin Scott Spears Date of birth: August 20, 1931 Date of death: April 10, 1996 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 26 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967 59th   58th (1)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar S 26 Dec 22, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th (2)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 68-2 Jan 10, 1961 - Dec 14, 1961 57th (2)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 68-2 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar (1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. (2) In Senate, Franklin S. Spears, in special election 12/16/1961, sworn 12/22/1961, succeeded Henry B. Gonzalez, elected Congressman, 25th District, 11/4/1961, resigned Senate seat 11/5/1961. Spears' first session in the Senate was 57th 3rd Called Session. In House, Rudy Esquivel, in special election 12/16/1961, took office 12/22/1961, succeeded Franklin S. Spears, resigned 12/14/1961. Esquivel's first session was 57th 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 67. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 37. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch and portrait, Franklin Scott Spears, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1979-1990. Relatives: J. Franklin Spears - father, Franklin Scott Spears - son. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004. Photo and biographical sketch, Supreme Court of Texas, April 1985, pp. 432-434. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes United States Army, Captain. "Upon graduation in 1954, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was designated a Distinguished Military Graduate. After serving served two years active duty in Germany and honorably discharged as a captain in 1956." Biographical sketch, Supreme Court of Texas, April 1985, p. 434. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Memorial, September 1996, p. 819. Texas Bar Journal. Photographs Photograph. Franklin Spears, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Franklin Spears, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature Photograph. Franklin Spears, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Franklin Spears, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Franklin Spears, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 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. 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. Committee Informationtop 59th R.S. - 1965 Banking   Claims   Constitutional Amendments   Interstate Cooperation   Jurisprudence   Nominations   Nursing Profession   Rules (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   Transportation   58th R.S. - 1963 Banking   Constitutional Amendments   Counties, Cities and Towns   Game and Fish   Interstate-Cooperation (Vice Chair)  Jurisprudence   Public Health   State Affairs   Water and Conservation   57th R.S. - 1961 Banking   Common Carriers (Vice Chair)  Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair)  Counties, Cities and Towns   Escheat Laws (Chair)  Interstate Cooperation (Chair)  Judiciary   Jurisprudence   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   Revenue and Taxation   56th R.S. - 1959 Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary   Criminal Jurisprudence   Judiciary   Municipal and Private Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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