Terms of Service

• Senate, 62nd & 61st Legislatures
  1/14/1969 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 60th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
  Democrat
  

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

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 194, named "Most Outstanding Freshman Senator" of 60th Legislature by Sheriff's Association. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 36. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 62nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 167. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. Joe Christie, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe Christie, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe Christie, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. U.S. Representative Charlie Wilson and Texas State Senator Joe Christi aboard the battleship USS Iowa, October 19, 1984. Senator Christie recalled "When we were at sea, they turned all six of those cannons sideways and fired them simultaneously in a 'broadside'. Each of the six shells weighed as much as a Volkswagen Beetle! The shockwave blew my glasses off. Hell of a show. ", Donated Material
• Photograph. Joe Christi, Charlie Wilson, and Oscar Mauzy., Donated Material

Other Resources

• "The evil of 'liquor-by-the-drink':Texans remember the Texas prohibition political, cultural fight." 5/16/2023 Austin American-Statesman .
• Oral history interviews available in the Charlie Wilson Oral History Project. Stephen F. Austin State University .
• Christie, Joe William. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• Banking  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• County, District and Urban Affairs  
• Drug Study, Interim  
• Education  
• Environment  
• Finance  
• Human Resources  
• Jurisprudence  
• Nominations (Chair) 
• Parks and Wildlife  
• Prairie View A&M College, Investigation  
• Prairie View A&M College, Investigation, Special  
• Public Health  
• Sales Tax, Interim (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Transportation  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Agricultural Land Assessment  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• County, District, and Urban Affairs  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Insurance Holding Company and Mortgage Loan  
• Jurisprudence  
• Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts  
• Liquor Laws (Chair) 
• Mental Health and Mental Retardation Law  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Recreation  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Taxation of Farm, Ranch and Forest Lands  
• Transportation  
• Urban Affairs  
• Water and Conservation (Vice Chair) 
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Counties, Cities, and Towns (Vice Chair) 
• Faculty Compensation  
• Finance  
• Flag of Alamo, Special  
• Game and Fish  
• Insurance Investigation, Hospital, Health and Accident Insurance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Recreation  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Poverty in Texas  
• State Departments and Institutions (Chair) 
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation