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Raleigh Brown

Raleigh Holden Brown

Full Name: Raleigh Holden Brown
Date of birth: December 10, 1921
Date of death: May 23, 2009

Terms of Service
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Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	84-2	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Abilene / Taylor		Taylor
H	84-2	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Abilene / Taylor		Taylor

(1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

81st Legislature, R.S., HR 2856. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Brown, Raleigh Holden. Texas State Cemetery.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, 1st Lieutenant, World War II and Korea. Military grave marker and obituary, Raleigh H. Brown. Texas State Cemetery. Texas State Cemetery

Photographs

Photograph. Raleigh Brown, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Raleigh Brown, 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.

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965 Banks and Banking Counties (Chair) Oil, Gas and Mining Poet Laureate Selection, Special Revenue and Taxation Saving Taxes State Affairs
58th R.S. - 1963 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Counties Judiciary Non-academic and Psychological Testing in Schools Oil, Gas, and Mining

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