Terms of Service

• Senate, 62nd & 61st Legislatures
  1/14/1969 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 60th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 6/4/1968.
• Senate, 59th & 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1963 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 59th Legislature, R.S., SR 785. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 61st Legislature, R.S., SR 31. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 90. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. James S. Bates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. James S. (Jim) Bates, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Jim Bates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Bates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Bates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Bates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. James S. (Jim) Bates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. James S. (Jim) Bates, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• United States Army Air Forces, 1st Lieutenant, World War II. Military grave marker, James Storey Bates, Sr., birth date 12/11/1923, death date 11/21/1989, burial in Thompsonville Cemetery, Thompsonville, Gonzales County. Find a Grave .
• Memorial, June 1990, p. 676. Texas Bar Journal .
• United States Air Force, United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• Agriculture and Drought Disaster Relief, Special  
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Commerce and Industry  
• Education  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Natural Resources  
• Nominations  
• Parks and Wildlife  
• Property Tax Committee, Legislative (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Rules  
• Rules of the Senate  
• State Affairs  
• Transportation (Chair) 
• Vegetable Marketing, Interim  
• Water and Conservation  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Agricultural Land Assessment  
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Commerce and Industry  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Consumer Credit  
• Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax (Chair) 
• Education  
• Election Law  
• General Investigating  
• Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations  
• Parks and Wildlife  
• Rules  
• Rules of the Senate  
• State Affairs  
• Taxation of Farm, Ranch and Forest Lands  
• Transportation (Chair) 
• Vocational-Technical Education  
• Water and Conservation  
• Water Resources Study  
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) 
• Counties, Cities, and Towns  
• Education  
• Enrolled and Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Flag of Alamo, Special  
• Game and Fish  
• Governmental Immunity  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Poverty in Texas  
• Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice  
• Transportation (Chair) 
• Water and Conservation  
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Claims  
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Education  
• Finance  
• General Investigating  
• Jurisprudence  
• Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Return of Flag of Alamo  
• Water and Conservation  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Claims  
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Education  
• Finance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations  
• Water and Conservation  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Appropriations  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments and Agencies  
• Banks and Banking  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Penitentiaries  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Aeronautics  
• Appropriations  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Penitentiaries