Frank Owen III

Full Name: Frank Owen III
Date of birth: February 25, 1926
Date of death: February 20, 1999

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	29	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler
S	29	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th ⁽²⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler
S	29	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961	56th ⁽³⁾ 55th 56th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	Senate President Pro Tempore (56th)	Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler
S	29	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler
S	29	Nov 2, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler
H	105-3	Jan 13, 1953 - Nov 5, 1954	53rd ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		El Paso
H	90-F	Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953	52nd	Democrat	Fabens / El Paso		Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.
(3) 56th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 8/6/1959. Senate Journal.
(4) Richard White, in special election 12/11/1954, sworn 1/11/1955, succeeded Frank Owen III, resigned 11/5/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) Frank Owen III, in special election 11/2/1954, succeeded to unexpired term of James T. Rutherford, resigned 9/27/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Senate District 29
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler

Senate District 29
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler

Senate District 29
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th ⁽³⁾ 55th 56th ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (56th)
(56th)
(56th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler

Senate District 29
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler

Senate District 29
Nov 2, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler

House District 105-3
Jan 13, 1953 - Nov 5, 1954
Legislatures: 53rd ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: El Paso

House District 90-F
Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953
Legislatures: 52nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fabens / El Paso
Counties in district: Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

54th Legislature, R.S., SR 77. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
55th Legislature, R.S., SR 159. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
76th Legislature, R.S., HR 566. Resolutions - Memorial.
76th Legislature, R.S., SR 280. Resolutions - Memorial.
77th Legislature, R.S., SR 825. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, Frank Owen III, "El Pasoan Was State Lawmaker," 2/23/1999, p. 2B. El Paso Times.
Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2001.
Memorial, April 2000, p. 402. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army Air Forces, Sergeant, World War II. Military grave marker, Frank Owen III, birth date 2/25/1926, death date 2/20/1999, burial in Memory Gardens of the Valley, Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Find a Grave.
Military Service: United States Army Air Force, June 1944 to June 1946. Biographical sketch, Frank Owen III, January 14, 1959. Legislative Clipping Service.
United States Army Air Corps, World War II. "Born February 25, 1926, in El Paso, Texas, Frank Owen served as a tail gunner on a B-17 in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II." 76th Legislature, R.S., SR 280. Resolutions - Memorial.
United States Army Air Corps. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Photographs

Photograph. Frank Owen III, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Owen III, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Owen, III, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Frank Owen III, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Owen III, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Owen III, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Owen, III, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Owen III, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

53rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.
58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
52nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

58th R.S. - 1963 Education Finance Jurisprudence Labor and Management Relations Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts Oil and Gas (Chair) State Affairs Transportation Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)
57th R.S. - 1961 Border Conference Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Finance Interstate Cooperation Jurisprudence Local and Uncontested Bills, Special Oil and Gas (Chair) Water and Conservation
56th R.S. - 1959 Agriculture and Livestock Constitutional Amendments Insurance (Vice Chair) Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Oil and Gas (Chair) Privileges and Elections Texas Commission for State Health and Welfare Services Texas Commission on City and County Governments Water and Conservation
55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture and Livestock Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair) General Investigating Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Oil and Gas Privileges and Elections Water and Conservation
54th R.S. - 1955 Aeronautics Agriculture Constitutional Amendments Federal Relations (Vice Chair) Oil, Gas and Conservation Public Health Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Representative Districts Senatorial Disticts Town and City Corporations (Vice Chair) Water Resources
53rd R.S. - 1953 Conservation and Reclamation Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations (Chair) Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
52nd R.S. - 1951 Conservation and Reclamation Criminal Jurisprudence Education State Affairs

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