Jim Dunnam

Jim Dunnam

Full Name: James Robert "Jim" Dunnam

Terms of Service top

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 top

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

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 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 Sketches

  • 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.

Other Resources

  • 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.
  • Dunnam, James Robert. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

81st R.S. - 2009
Environmental Regulation  
Federal Economic Stabilization Funding, Select (Chair) 
Transportation  
80th R.S. - 2007
Corrections  
Economic Development  
79th R.S. - 2005
Culture, Recreation, and Tourism  
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues  
78th R.S. - 2003
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues  
77th R.S. - 2001
Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
Public Education  
Redistricting  
76th R.S. - 1999
Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
Judicial Interpretations of Law, Select  
Public Education  
Redistricting  
75th R.S. - 1997
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Higher Education  

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