Terms of Service

• House, 81st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/13/2009 - 8/31/2010
  Republican
  
• House, 80th Legislature
  1/9/2007 - 1/13/2009
  Republican
  
• House, 79th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/11/2005 - 1/9/2007
  Republican
  
• House, 78th Legislature
  1/14/2003 - 1/11/2005
  Republican
  
• House, 77th Legislature
  1/9/2001 - 1/14/2003
  Republican
  
• House, 76th Legislature
  1/12/1999 - 1/9/2001
  Republican
  
• House, 75th Legislature
  1/14/1997 - 1/12/1999
  Republican
  
• House, 74th Legislature
  1/10/1995 - 1/14/1997
  Republican
  
• House, 73rd Legislature
  1/12/1993 - 1/10/1995
  Republican
  
• House, 72nd Legislature
  1/8/1991 - 1/12/1993
  Republican
  

(1) Swinford resignation letter dated 8/26/2010, effective 8/31/2010. Governor Rick Perry .
(2) 79th Legislature - edition dated 9/13/2006. Home city: Dumas. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - District Information by Member, House of Representatives .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 88th Legislature, R.S., HR 518. Resolutions - Memorial .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named one of the 'Career Years'. Best and Worst Legislators 1997.

Photographs

• Photograph. David Swinford, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. David Swinford, Members of the 80th and 81st Legislature, Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. David Swinford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. David Swinford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. David Swinford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. David Swinford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. David Swinford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. David Swinford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature 1995.
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature 2005.

Other Resources

• Notice of death, 1/3/2022. Speaker of the House .
• Swinford, David A. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• State Affairs  
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Regulated Industries  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 79th R.S. - 2005
• Property Tax Relief, Select  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 78th R.S. - 2003
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Government Reform (Chair) 
• Public School Finance, Select  
• Public School Finance, Select Subcommittee on Facilities  
• Public School Finance, Select Subcommittee on Governance (Chair) 
• 77th R.S. - 2001
• Agriculture and Livestock (Chair) 
• Transportation  
• 76th R.S. - 1999
• Agriculture and Livestock (Chair) 
• Agriculture Policy (Co-Chair) 
• County Affairs  
• Rural Development, Select  
• 75th R.S. - 1997
• Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair) 
• Appropriations  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Article IX  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Duplication of Services (Chair) 
• Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government  
• Local and Consent Calendars  
• 74th R.S. - 1995
• Affordable Housing, House Joint  
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Appropriations  
• Local and Consent Calendars  
• Texas Agricultural Extension Service, House Joint (Co-Chair) 
• TNRCC Funding, House Joint  
• 73rd R.S. - 1993
• Agriculture and Wildlife Management  
• Appropriations  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Environmental and General Government  
• Petroleum Storage Tanks, Interim  
• 72nd R.S. - 1991
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Cultural and Historical Resources  
• Cultural and Historical Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight