Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Nichols

Full Name: Robert Lee Nichols

Terms of Service

Senate, 89th & 88th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/10/2023 - 1/12/2027
Republican
Senate, 87th & 86th Legislatures
1/8/2019 - 1/10/2023
Republican
Senate, 85th & 84th Legislatures
1/13/2015 - 1/8/2019
Republican
Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 5/29/2017.
Senate, 83rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/8/2013 - 1/13/2015
Republican
Senate, 82nd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/11/2011 - 1/8/2013
Republican
Senate, 81st & 80th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/9/2007 - 1/11/2011
Republican

(1) 83rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/23/2013, SR 36, pp. 81-82. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 88th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/2023, SR 9, pp. 26-27. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 2012 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .
(4) Won election in Democratic primary 3/7/2006; uncontested in general election. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Robert Nichols, Texas Senate
Photograph. Robert Nichols, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert Nichols, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert Nichols, Texas Senate

Other Resources

Only the second person with a beard elected to the Senate in over one hundred years, "New State Senator Shares Weighty Research," 12/8/2006. Quorum Report .
Per David Mauzy, Senate Research Center, research memo in Dec. 2006: bearded Senators prior to Robert Nichols were Craig A. Washington who served in the Senate in the 68th-71st Leg., 1983-89; and William Sebastian, 26th-28th Senate 1899-1905. Senate Research Center .
Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas Senate .
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.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 84th Legislature 2015.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 85th Legislature 2017.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 86th Legislature 2019.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 87th Legislature 2021.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 88th Legislature 2023.