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Jim Dunnam

Jim Dunnam

Full Name: James Robert "Jim" Dunnam

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 57 Jan 13, 2009 - Jan 11, 2011 81st   Democrat Chilton / Falls   Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H 57 Jan 9, 2007 - Jan 13, 2009 80th   Democrat Waco / McLennan   Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H 57 Jan 11, 2005 - Jan 9, 2007 79th   Democrat Waco / McLennan   Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H 57 Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005 78th   Democrat Waco / McLennan   Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H 57 Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003 77th   Democrat McGregor / McLennan   McLennan
H 57 Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001 76th   Democrat McGregor / McLennan   McLennan
H 57 Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999 75th   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
81st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Chilton / Falls
Counties in district:
Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson

Legislatures:
80th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Waco / McLennan
Counties in district:
Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson

Legislatures:
79th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Waco / McLennan
Counties in district:
Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson

Legislatures:
78th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Waco / McLennan
Counties in district:
Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson

Legislatures:
77th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
McGregor / McLennan
Counties in district:
McLennan

Legislatures:
76th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
McGregor / McLennan
Counties in district:
McLennan

Legislatures:
75th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Waco / McLennan
Counties in district:
McLennan

Biographical Information

  • 78th Legislature - Remarks by Representative Dunnam, 3/27/2003, pp. 1002-1004. "In 1917, my grandfather sat in this chamber . . . he died when I was about 9." Relatives: William Vance Dunnam, Sr. - grandfather, Jim Dunnam - grandson. House Journal.

  • Biographical sketch, 79th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.
  • Biographical sketch in conference program, participant biographies, Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold: A Noble Citizen, April 23-24, 2015. Presented by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin.

  • Relatives: William Vance Dunnam, Sr. - grandfather, Jim Dunnam - grandson. "Five minutes with" Jim Dunnam, 4/6/2001. Grandfather served in the Texas House of Representatives in 1917. Associated Press State and Local Wire.
  • James Robert "Jim" Dunnam. Texas State Cemetery.

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