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Myra Davis Banfield Full Name: Myra Davis Banfield Other surnames: Davis, Dippel, Dipple, Wilkinson Date of birth: August 3, 1918 Date of death: June 10, 2006 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 30 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th (1)   Democrat Rosenberg / Fort Bend   Fort Bend H 30 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Rosenberg / Fort Bend   Fort Bend, Waller (1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 57th, 58th Legislature - name Myra Banfield. House Journal. 57th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 125. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch, Myra Davis Wilkinson Banfield (Dippel), pp. 139-143. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000. Dippel, Myra Davis Banfield. Texas State Cemetery. Other Resources "Myra (Banfield) Dippel, who represented Fort Bend County, noted that she was 'the only person ever elected to this House on a write-in vote.'" Dallas Morning News. Photographs Photograph. Myra Davis Banfield,57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Myra Davis Banfield,58th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. Committee Informationtop 58th R.S. - 1963 Conservation and Reclamation   Education   Labor   Non-academic and Psychological Testing in Schools (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   State Hospitals and Special Schools (Vice Chair)  57th R.S. - 1961 Conservation and Reclamation   Constitutional Amendments   Labor   Liquor Regulation   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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