Terms of Service

• Senate, 67th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1981 - 1/11/1983
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 6/1/1981; and 1st C.S., elected 7/13/1981.
• Senate, 66th & 65th Legislatures
  1/11/1977 - 1/13/1981
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 64th & 63rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/9/1973 - 1/11/1977
  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
  

(1) 63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1982 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 433. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 47. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 13. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. Jack Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack C. Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack C. Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Ogg, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Ogg, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature 1973.
• Notice of death, 3/12/2018. Speaker of the House .
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 66th Legislature 1979.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 67th Legislature 1981.
• Biographical sketch and photo. The Senators of Texas, 64th Session 1975.

Committee Information

• 67th R.S. - 1981
• Congressional and Legislative Redistricting, Oversight  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• Natural Resources  
• Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy  
• Poet Laureate Selection  
• Redistricting, Subcommittee of the Committee of the Whole Senate, Special (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Elections (Chair) 
• Texas Disaster Act, Interim (Chair) 
• 66th R.S. - 1979
• Charitable Organizations, Interim (Chair) 
• Education  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• Paperwork Reduction, Interim (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Elections (Chair) 
• 65th R.S. - 1977
• Beaches (Chair) 
• Education  
• Election Code Revision (Vice Chair) 
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• State Affairs  
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Elections (Chair) 
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations  
• 64th R.S. - 1975
• Education  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• State Affairs  
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Elections (Chair) 
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations  
• 63rd R.S. - 1973
• Education  
• Jurisprudence  
• Jurisprudence Subcommittee on Civil Matters (Chair) 
• Small Business, Interim  
• State Affairs  
• State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations  
• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Health Services and Health Care (Chair) 
• Judiciary  
• Mental Health and Mental Retardation  
• Parks and Wildlife  
• Texas-Mexico-Central America Friendship  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Attraction of New Industry  
• Banks and Banking  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Lunar Landing Commission  
• Nursing Homes (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Rules  
• State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Highways and Roads  
• Judiciary  
• Juvenile Crime and Delinquency  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Organ Transplantation (Chair) 
• Public Lands and Buildings