Terms of Service

• House, 81st Legislature
  1/13/2009 - 1/11/2011
  Democrat
  
• House, 80th Legislature
  1/9/2007 - 1/13/2009
  Democrat
  
• House, 79th Legislature
  1/11/2005 - 1/9/2007
  Democrat
  
• House, 78th Legislature
  1/14/2003 - 1/11/2005
  Democrat
  
• House, 77th Legislature
  1/9/2001 - 1/14/2003
  Democrat
  
• House, 76th Legislature
  1/12/1999 - 1/9/2001
  Democrat
  
• House, 75th Legislature
  1/14/1997 - 1/12/1999
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

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 .

Photographs

• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, State Preservation Board
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature 2005.

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 .
• Biographical sketch, 79th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives .
• Dunnam, James Robert. Texas State Cemetery .
• 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 .

Committee Information

• 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