Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	86	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Borger / Hutchinson	Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts
H	86	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Borger / Hutchinson	Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts
H	86	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Borger / Hutchinson	Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

56th Legislature, R.S., HSR 488. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 538. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, Charles Lee Ballman, "Former Legislator Charles Ballman Dies," The Canadian Record (Canadian, Texas), 8/16/1979, p. 29, crediting Hemphill County Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Memorial, December 1979, p. 1070. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Korean War. Memorial, December 1979, p. 1070. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Charles L. Ballman, birth date 4/22/1930, death date 8/9/1979, burial in Westlawn Cemetery, Borger, Hutchinson County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Charles L. Ballman, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Charles L. Ballman, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Charles L. Ballman, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Charles L. Ballman, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

57th R.S. - 1961 Congressional and Legislative Districts General Investigating, Special (Chair) Liquor Regulation Oil, Gas and Mining (Vice Chair) Revenue and Taxation (Chair) State Affairs Texas Commission on State and Local Tax Policy
56th R.S. - 1959 Banks and Banking Common Carriers (Vice Chair) General Investigating Committee Highways and Roads (Vice Chair) Military and Veteran's Affairs (Chair) Oil, Gas, and Mining Saving Taxes
55th R.S. - 1957 Aeronautics Common Carriers Education Highways and Roads Liquor Regulation

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