Terms of Service

• Senate, 83rd ^{(1) (4) (6) (10)} Legislature
  1/8/2013 - 7/3/2014
  Republican
  
• Senate, 82nd & 81st Legislatures
  1/13/2009 - 1/8/2013
  Republican
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/13/2009.
• Senate, 80th & 79th Legislatures
  1/11/2005 - 1/13/2009
  Republican
  
• Senate, 78th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
  1/14/2003 - 1/11/2005
  Republican
  
• Senate, 77th & 76th Legislatures
  1/12/1999 - 1/14/2003
  Republican
  
• Senate, 75th ⁽⁸⁾ & 74th ^{(2) (3) (7) (9) (11)} Legislatures
  12/22/1996 - 1/12/1999
  Republican
  
• House, 74th ^{(2) (3) (7) (9) (11)} Legislature
  1/10/1995 - 12/22/1996
  Republican
  
• House, 73rd Legislature
  1/12/1993 - 1/10/1995
  Republican
  

(1) Proclamation, 7/22/2014, Ordering special election in Senate District 28 on 9/9/2014 to serve unexpired term of Robert Duncan. Governor Rick Perry .
(2) Robert Duncan, in special election 12/10/1996, sworn 12/22/1996, succeeded John T. Montford, resigned 8/22/1996. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Sworn in the House of Representatives 1/4/1995. Oaths of Office .
(4) Duncan resignation letter dated 7/3/2014, effective 7/3/2014. Office of the Governor .
(5) 78th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/2003, SR 7, pp. 15-16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(6) 83rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/23/2013, SR 36, pp. 81-82. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(7) Duncan did not resign House seat; it became vacant when he took Senate oath of office 12/22/1996. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office .
(8) 75th Legislature - Isett oath of office date. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Seniority Order .
(9) 1996 November Special Election; 1996 Special Runoff Election. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019 .
(10) In Senate, Charles Perry, in special election 9/9/2014, sworn 9/30/2014, succeeded unexpired term of Robert Duncan, resigned 7/3/2014. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019 .
(11) Montford resignation date 8/22/1996; Duncan oath of office date 12/22/1996. Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 86th Legislature, R.S., HR 719. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 86th Legislature, R.S., SR 733. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• Election of President Pro Tempore, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, Senator Robert Duncan, nominating speeches and address by President Pro Tempore, 1/13/2009, pp. 9-18. Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. Robert Duncan, Members of the 72nd Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, Texas Senate
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Robert Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature 1995.

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, "Texas Legislature's 75th Session Takes Shape," September 1996. Insurance Journal: The Property/Casualty Magazine of Texas .
• Duncan chosen Freshman of the Year, 73rd Legislature, Lubbock Area Foundation .
• Biographical sketch, "TCJL's 'Eleven Best' Legislators," July 1999, pp. 1, 3. Texas Civil Justice League Advocate .
• Biographical sketch, "The Exterminator: Sen. Robert Duncan Goes Beyond Tort Reform, Tackling the Millennium Bug and Boll Weevils," by Janet Elliott, Volume 15, Number 14, 6/14/1999, p. 9. Texas Lawyer .
• Photo and biographical sketch, "Best freshman legislator of the year," Summer 1993. Texas Public Employee 1963.
• Duncan chosen Freshman of the Year, 73rd Legislature. Senator Robert Duncan website. Texas Senate .
• Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas Senate .
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 77th Legislative Session 2001.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 75th Legislature 1997.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 76th Legislative Session 1999.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 78th Legislative Session 2003.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 79th Legislative Session 2005.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 80th Legislative Session 2007.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 81st Legislative Session 2009.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 82nd Legislative Session 2011.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 83rd Legislative Session 2013.
• Duncan, Robert Lloyd. Texas State Cemetery .
• Honorable Mention, "Legislative Stars Shine Through Difficult Session," Volume 15, Number 2, Summer 1995, pp. 8-9, 29 The Classroom Teacher: The Magazine of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association .

Committee Information

• 83rd R.S. - 2013
• Education  
• Finance  
• Higher Education  
• Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency, Select Oversight  
• Natural Resources  
• Redistricting, Select  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 82nd R.S. - 2011
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance  
• Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters (Chair) 
• Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education Funding  
• Finance Subcommittee on Public Education Funding  
• Higher Education  
• Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency, Oversight  
• Jurisprudence  
• Natural Resources  
• Public School Finance System  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Windstorm Insurance, Oversight  
• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Commitments of Individuals with Mental Retardation, Interim Select  
• Finance  
• Higher Education  
• Jurisprudence  
• Natural Resources  
• Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments, Select  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Windstorm Insurance, Oversight  
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance  
• Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education  
• Health and Long-Term Care Insurance Incentives  
• Jurisprudence  
• Natural Resources  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 79th R.S. - 2005
• Education Reform and Public School Finance, Select  
• Finance  
• Finance Subcommittee on Capital Funding for Higher Education  
• Jurisprudence  
• Natural Resources  
• Power of Eminent Domain, Interim  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool Deficit, Interim  
• Windstorm Coverage and Budgetary Impact, Interim  
• 78th R.S. - 2003
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance  
• Higher Education, Interim  
• Higher Education, Legislative Oversight  
• Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Long-Term Care, Legislative Oversight  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture (Chair) 
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Water Policy, Select  
• Water Policy, Select, Subcommittee on Lease of State Water Rights  
• Workers' Compensation, Select, Interim  
• 77th R.S. - 2001
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Defendant's Competency, Task Force (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Health Services, Interim  
• Jurisprudence  
• Long Term Care, Legislative Oversight (Chair) 
• Natural Resources (Vice Chair) 
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture  
• Personal Privacy Task Force  
• Redistricting, Special  
• Water Resources (Co-Chair) 
• 76th R.S. - 1999
• Border Affairs, Special  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Justice (Vice Chair) 
• Finance  
• Redistricting  
• 75th R.S. - 1997
• Civil Justice, Interim  
• Criminal Justice  
• Economic Development  
• Funding Issues in Education, Interim  
• Gangs and Juvenile Justice, Interim  
• Hopwood, and State Contract and Employment Practices, Special  
• Jurisprudence  
• Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• State Affairs, Interim  
• Tax Reform and Public School Finance, Select  
• Workforce Development, Legislative Oversight  
• 74th R.S. - 1995
• Insurance (Vice Chair) 
• Judicial Affairs  
• 73rd R.S. - 1993
• Higher Education  
• Insurance