Terms of Service

• House, 66th Legislature
  1/9/1979 - 1/13/1981
  Democrat
  
• House, 65th Legislature
  1/11/1977 - 1/9/1979
  Democrat
  
• House, 64th Legislature
  1/14/1975 - 1/11/1977
  Democrat
  
• House, 63rd Legislature
  1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 64th Legislature, R.S., SCR 18. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 78th Legislature, R.S., HR 1212. Resolutions - Memorial .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named 'Dishonorable Mention'. Best and Worst Legislators 1977.

Photographs

• Photograph. Emmett H. Whitehead, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Emmett H. Whitehead, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Emmett H. Whitehead, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Emmett H. Whitehead, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• United States Navy, Seaman Second Class, World War II. Military grave marker, Emmett H. Whitehead, Jr. Emmett Holman Whitehead, birth date 10/9/1925, death date 8/13/2002. Cenotaph photos from State Cemetery; burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County. Find a Grave . Texas State Cemetery Cedar Hill Cemetery
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• Whitehead, Emmett Holman. Cenotaph and obituary, buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Texas State Cemetery .
• Obituary and photo, "Rusk Mourns Loss of Mayor, Friend Emmett Whitehead," 8/14/2002, pp. 1, 6. "Whitehead served as mayor in Rusk for 14 years, Chamber of Commerce president, and county judge and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for eight years." Tyler Morning Telegraph .

Committee Information

• 66th R.S. - 1979
• Health Services (Vice Chair - Appropriative Matters) 
• Health Services Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters (Chair) 
• Local and Consent Calendars (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Employee Productivity, Select  
• 65th R.S. - 1977
• Health and Welfare  
• Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters - Mental Health and Mental Retardation (Co-Chair) 
• Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation (Chair) 
• Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Public Welfare  
• Illegal Immigration in Texas, Special  
• Rules  
• Social Services  
• Social Services Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters  
• Social Services Subcommittee on Correctional Institutions  
• 64th R.S. - 1975
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Health and Welfare (Vice Chair - Appropriative Matters) 
• Health and Welfare Subcommittee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation (Chair) 
• 63rd R.S. - 1973
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on Shortages of Agricultural Equipment and Chemicals  
• Appropriations  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on State Employees  
• Human Resources  
• Human Resources Subcommittee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation