Terms of Service

• House, 65th ^{(1) (4)} Legislature
  1/11/1977 - 9/30/1978
  Democrat
  
• House, 64th Legislature
  1/14/1975 - 1/11/1977
  Democrat
  
• 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 ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 57th Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  Speaker Pro Tem, 3rd C.S., 1/17/1962.
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• House, 54th Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• House, 46th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 12/14/1940
  Democrat
  

(1) Hale resigned 10/4/1978. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Hale resigned 12/14/1940. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Sworn 11/23/1964. Oaths of Office .
(4) Hale resignation letter dated 9/28/1978, effective midnight, 9/30/1978. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 52. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 65th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HCR 20. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 81st Legislature, R.S., HR 1242. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 81st Legislature, R.S., SR 649. 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 .
• 53rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 32. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 59th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 43. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 62nd Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 30. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• United States Army Air Forces, 1st Lieutenant, 1943-1946, World War II; awarded Army Commendation Medal; Air Force Reserve. 81st Legislature, R.S., HR 1242. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1977.
• Named one of 'The Best'. Best and Worst Legislators 1973.

Photographs

• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L. DeWitt Hale, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• United States Air Force, 1st Lieutenant; Air Force Reserve, Lieutenant Colonel. Description of military service, L. DeWitt Hale general biographical material, 9/1/1971. Legislative Clipping Service .
• Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• Notice of death, 2/23/2018. Speaker of the House .
• Hale, L. DeWitt. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 65th R.S. - 1977
• Elections  
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Grand Juries, House Joint Select  
• Judiciary (Vice Chair) 
• 64th R.S. - 1975
• Board of Managers (Chair) 
• Functions of the Judiciary, Select (Chair) 
• Impeachment, Select (Chair) 
• Judicial Qualifications Commission Study, Special (Chair) 
• Judiciary (Vice Chair) 
• Local and Consent Calendars (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• 63rd R.S. - 1973
• Calendars  
• Constitutional Convention Planning (Co-Chair) 
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• General Investigating, Special  
• House Rules and Procedures  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Education  
• Rules  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Banking Study  
• Higher Education  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Livestock  
• Preschool Education Standards  
• Rules  
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Education  
• Judiciary (Vice Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation  
• Public Lands and Buildings (Chair) 
• Rules  
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• General Investigating  
• Judiciary (Vice Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation  
• Rules of the House (Chair) 
• State Hospitals and Special Schools  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Education  
• General Investigating, Special  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation (Vice Chair) 
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Aeronautics  
• Education  
• Federal Relations  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Public Printing  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Commerce and Manufacturer's  
• Judiciary  
• Liquor Regulation (Chair) 
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Public School System (Hale-Aikin Committee of Twenty-Four) (Vice Chair) 
• Rules  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Judiciary (Vice Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation  
• Public Printing  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Judiciary  
• Labor  
• Liquor Regulation (Vice Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Penitentiaries  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Counties  
• Federal Relations  
• House Rules Revision  
• Judicial Districts  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• State Eleemsoynary and Reformatory Institutions