Terms of Service

• Senate, 81st & 80th Legislatures
  1/9/2007 - 1/11/2011
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 79th & 78th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/14/2003 - 1/9/2007
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 77th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/9/2001 - 1/14/2003
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 76th & 75th Legislatures
  1/14/1997 - 1/9/2001
  Democrat
  

(1) 78th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/2003, SR 7, pp. 15-16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 2002 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 78th Legislature, R.S., HR 1566. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. Eliot Shapleigh, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eliot Shapleigh, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eliot Shapleigh, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eliot Shapleigh, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eliot Shapleigh, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eliot Shapleigh, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, 80th 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.

Committee Information

• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Health and Human Services  
• Nominations  
• Transportation and Homeland Security  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations (Vice Chair) 
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure (Chair) 
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Health and Human Services  
• Nominations  
• Transportation and Homeland Security  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations (Vice Chair) 
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure (Chair) 
• 79th R.S. - 2005
• Finance  
• International Relations and Trade (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations  
• Transportation and Homeland Security  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure (Chair) 
• 78th R.S. - 2003
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance  
• Infrastructure Development and Security  
• International Relations and Trade (Vice Chair) 
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure (Chair) 
• Water Policy, Select  
• Water Policy, Select, Subcommittee on Lease of State Water Rights  
• 77th R.S. - 2001
• Business and Commerce  
• Business and Commerce Subcommittee on Border Affairs  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Health and Human Services  
• Health Services, Interim  
• Public School Finance, Select  
• State Affairs  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations (Chair) 
• 76th R.S. - 1999
• Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Uninsured  
• Border Affairs, Special  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations  
• 75th R.S. - 1997
• Children's Health Insurance, Interim  
• Civil Justice, Interim  
• Criminal Justice  
• Economic Development  
• Economic Development, Interim  
• Education  
• Education, Interim  
• International Relations, Trade, and Technology  
• Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• North American Free Trade Agreement, Interim  
• Public Information, Interim  
• Sex Offenders, Interim  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Special