Gerald Geistweidt

Full Name: Arthur Gerald "Gerry" Geistweidt
Date of birth: January 20, 1948
Date of death: August 13, 2019

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	67	Jan 13, 1987 - Jan 10, 1989	70th	Republican	Mason / Mason	Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde
H	67	Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 13, 1987	69th	Republican	Mason / Mason	Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde
H	67	Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985	68th	Republican	Mason / Mason	Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde
H	56	Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983	67th	Republican	Mason / Mason	Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Uvalde
H	56	Feb 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981	66th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Republican	Mason / Mason	Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Uvalde

(1) Gerald Geistweidt, in special election 2/3/1979, sworn 2/9/1979, succeeded James E. Nugent, resigned 1/3/1979. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Sworn 2/9/1979. Oaths of Office.
(3) Special election 1/6/1979, runoff 2/3/1979. Texas Secretary of State - Election Dates Including Special Elections, 1966-2001.

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House District 67
Jan 13, 1987 - Jan 10, 1989
Legislatures: 70th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Mason / Mason
Counties in district: Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde

House District 67
Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 13, 1987
Legislatures: 69th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Mason / Mason
Counties in district: Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde

House District 67
Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985
Legislatures: 68th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Mason / Mason
Counties in district: Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde

House District 56
Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983
Legislatures: 67th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Mason / Mason
Counties in district: Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Uvalde

House District 56
Feb 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981
Legislatures: 66th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Mason / Mason
Counties in district: Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Uvalde

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

69th Legislature, R.S., HR 22. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Other Resources

Mentioned in MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS article. Handbook of Texas Online.
Notice of death, 8/16/2019. Speaker of the House.

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1985.

Photographs

Photograph. Gerald Geistweidt, 70th Legislature, Members of the 70th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
Photograph. Gerald Geistweidt, 70th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gerald Geistweidt, 69th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gerald Geistweidt, 68th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gerald Geistweidt, 67th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gerald Geistweidt, 66th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

66th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
67th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
68th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
69th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
70th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

70th R.S. - 1987 Appropriations Ways and Means Ways and Means Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair)
69th R.S. - 1985 Appropriations Election Contests, Special Local and Consent Calendars Natural Resources (Chair - Budget & Oversight) Natural Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair)
68th R.S. - 1983 Appropriations Election Contest, Special Ethics Farmworker Insurance General Investigating Natural Resources (Chair - Budget & Oversight) Natural Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair)
67th R.S. - 1981 Fire Ants in Texas, Select Flood Control, Select (Vice Chair) Local and Consent Calendars Natural Resources (Vice Chair) Natural Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight State Affairs (Chair - Budget & Oversight) State Affairs Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight II (Chair)
66th R.S. - 1979 Employment Practices Natural Resources

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