Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman

Full Name: James Arthur "Jimmy" Turman
Birth date: November 29, 1927
Death date: February 13, 2019

Terms of Service

House, 57th Legislature
1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
Democrat
Speaker
House, 56th Legislature
1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
Democrat
House, 55th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
Democrat
House, 54th Legislature
1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
Democrat

(1) Educator, 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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

66th Legislature, R.S., HR 129. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 286. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
55th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HSR 78. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 692. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
86th Legislature, R.S., HR 787. Resolutions - Memorial .
86th Legislature, R.S., HR 413. Resolutions - Use of Chambers .

Photographs

Photograph. James Arthur "Jimmy" Turman, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. James A. Turman, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. James A. Turman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James A. (Jimmy) Turman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James A. Turman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James A. Turman, State Preservation Board