Terms of Service

• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• House, 52nd Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Mrs. Dorothy Gillis Gurley, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Mrs. Dorothy Gillis Gurley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Relatives: Dorothy Gillis Gurley (Cauthorn) - mother, Susan Gurley McBee - daughter. McBee was first woman to follow her mother in the Texas Legislature. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
• Photo and biographical sketch, Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
• Notice of death, 12/5/2007. Speaker of the House .

Committee Information

• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Conservation and Reclamation (Chair) 
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Rules  
• Standing Committee System Revision, Special  
• State Affairs  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Motor Traffic