Terms of Service

• House, 67th Legislature
  1/13/1981 - 1/11/1983
  Democrat
  Speaker
• House, 66th Legislature
  1/9/1979 - 1/13/1981
  Democrat
  Speaker
• House, 65th Legislature
  1/11/1977 - 1/9/1979
  Democrat
  Speaker
• House, 64th Legislature
  1/14/1975 - 1/11/1977
  Democrat
  Speaker
• House, 63rd Legislature
  1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
  Democrat
  
• House, 62nd Legislature
  1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  
• House, 61st Legislature
  1/14/1969 - 1/12/1971
  Democrat
  
• House, 60th Legislature
  1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
  Democrat
  
• House, 59th Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 67th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 36. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 64th Legislature, R.S., HSR 206. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 77. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 66th Legislature, R.S., HCR 184. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 66th Legislature, R.S., HR 97. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 373. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 278. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, R.S., HCR 223. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 69th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HR 15. 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 .
• 60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 292. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 80th Legislature, R.S., HR 39. Resolutions - Memorial .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named one of 'The Best'. Best and Worst Legislators 1981.
• Given special 'Room at the Top' award. Best and Worst Legislators 1979.

Photographs

• Photograph. Bill Clayton, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Clayton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Mentioned in "Speaker's Office Now a Prize Plum," 9/15/1980. Dallas Morning News .
• Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 C57. Gavels, Grit & Glory: The Billy Clayton Story 1982.
• Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
• 70th Speaker of the House of Representatives. Bill Clayton. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• Biographical sketch in "Texas' Top Ten Lobbyists," "Access Through the Lobby," 2/24/1995, pp. 14-17. Texas Observer .
• Clayton, Bill Wayne. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 67th R.S. - 1981
• Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim (Chair) 
• Public Education, Select (Vice Chair) 
• Public Servant Standards of Conduct Advisory, Special  
• 66th R.S. - 1979
• Higher Education Financing, Special (Vice Chair) 
• 65th R.S. - 1977
• Educational Services to the Deaf, Advisory (Vice Chair) 
• 64th R.S. - 1975
• Government Operations (Little Hoover Commission) (Vice Chair) 
• Government Operations (Little Hoover Commission) Subcommittee on Structure and Policy Direction  
• 63rd R.S. - 1973
• Elections  
• Intergovernmental Affairs  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Crisis in Rural Areas  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water Conservation (Chair) 
• Surface Mining Operations, Interim  
• Water Study, Interim (Chair) 
• Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim (Vice Chair) 
• 62nd 3rd C.S. - 1972
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• Agriculture and Drought Disaster Relief, Special  
• Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) 
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Counties (Chair) 
• County Government (Chair) 
• Land Use Management, Interim (Chair) 
• Natural Resources (Vice Chair) 
• Oil and Gas Regulation  
• Revenue and Taxation, Interim  
• Rio Grande Water Study  
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• Water Development, Quality, and Conservation (Vice Chair) 
• Water Districts, Interim  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Elections  
• Livestock (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Urban Affairs  
• Water Resources Study (Chair) 
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Counties (Chair) 
• Liquor Control Act, Financial and Business Relationship Between Permittees and Licensees  
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• State Affairs Subcommittee to Study Liquor Law  
• Urban Affairs  
• Water (Chair) 
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Aeronautics (Chair) 
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Feasibility of Group Insurance  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Visit Certain Military Installations, Special  
• Water Resources  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Appropriations  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Conservation of Soil and Water Resources (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Public Lands and Buildings