Ray Roberts

Full Name: Herbert Ray Roberts
Date of birth: March 28, 1913
Date of death: April 13, 1992

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	9	Jan 13, 1959 - Feb 6, 1962	57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 56th 57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	McKinney / Collin	Senate President Pro Tempore (57th)	Collin, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall
S	9	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959	54th 55th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	McKinney / Collin		Collin, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall

(1) 57th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/10/1961. Senate Journal.
(2) Ray Roberts, elected Congressman, 4th District, 1/30/1962, vacated Senate seat 2/6/1962. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Farm machinery, truck dealer, farmer. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

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Senate District 9
Jan 13, 1959 - Feb 6, 1962
Legislatures: 57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 56th 57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (57th)
(57th)
(57th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McKinney / Collin
Counties in district: Collin, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall

Senate District 9
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 54th 55th ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McKinney / Collin
Counties in district: Collin, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

57th Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 69, election to Congress. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
72nd Legislature, 4th C.S., HCR 11. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

ROBERTS, Herbert Ray (1913-1992). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
Photos and biographical sketch, p. 40. Legendary Locals of Denton, Dr. Georgia Caraway, Arcadia Publishing, 2014. Google Books.

Military Service Notes

United States Navy, 1942-1945, Korean conflict; United States Naval Reserve. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
United States Navy. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Photographs

Photograph. Ray Roberts, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Ray Roberts, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ray Roberts, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ray Roberts, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

54th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

57th R.S. - 1961 Banking Finance (Chair) Insurance Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Public Health Screwworm Eradication State Departments and Institutions
56th R.S. - 1959 Banking Claims Cost of Government (Chair) Education Finance Insurance Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts (Chair) Military and Veterans Affairs Public Health State Affairs State Departments and Institutions Texas Educational Standards Commission Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)
55th R.S. - 1957 Claims Conservation of Paintings Education Finance Insurance Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Military and Veterans Affairs (Chair) Privileges and Elections Public Health State Departments and Institutions (Vice Chair) Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)
54th R.S. - 1955 Aeronautics Congressional Districts Finance Military and Veterans Affairs Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) Representative Districts (Chair) State Penitentiaries Water Resources

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