Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Barbara Jordan

Full Name: Barbara Charline Jordan
Birth date: February 21, 1936
Death date: January 17, 1996

Terms of Service

Senate, 62nd & 61st Legislatures
1/14/1969 - 1/9/1973
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 3/28/1972; and Ad Interim 2nd C.S., elected 3/30/1972.
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

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

63rd Legislature, R.S., SR 286, commissioning an artist to paint a portrait of the Honorable Barbara Jordan to be displayed in the Senate. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
87th Legislature, R.S., HCR 5, directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building being constructed on the east side of North Congress Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets the Barbara Jordan Building. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
60th Legislature, R.S., SR 749, appreciation for contribution and dedicated service to her State. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 180, removal of "Men Only" sign from Senate Members Lounge. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 188. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 828, Honorary Doctor of Laws, Boston University, May 18, 1969. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
62nd Legislature, R.S., SR 428. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
75th Legislature, R.S., HCR 90. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Barbara Jordan, 62nd Legislature, Senate Media
Photograph. Barbara Jordan, 62nd Legislature, Senate Media
Photograph. Barbara Jordan, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Barbara Jordan, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Barbara Jordan, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Barbara Jordan, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Photo and election to Texas Legislature, p. 110. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service 2005.
Speeches in LRL collection, 923.2764 J761P 1999. Barbara C. Jordan, Selected Speeches 1999.
Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 J761BR 1977. Barbara Charline Jordan: From the Ghetto to the Capitol 1977.
Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 J761. Barbara Jordan 1977.
Autobiography in LRL collection, 923.2764 J761B. Barbara Jordan, A Self-Portrait 1979.
Biography in LRL collection, YOUNG TEXANS. Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman 1990.
Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 J761R 1998. Barbara Jordan: American Hero 1998.
Biography and speeches in LRL collection, 923.2764 J761S. Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder 2007.
Biography in LRL collection, YOUNG TEXANS. Barbara Jordan: The Great Lady from Texas 1990.
JORDAN, Barbara Charline (1936-1996). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
Biographical sketch, pp. 166-167, 199. Black Women in Texas History 2008.
Relatives: Barbara Jordan - great-granddaughter, Edward Patton - great-grandfather. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Photo and biographical sketch, Barbara Charline Jordan, pp. 145-151. First black state senator since 1883, first African American woman in Texas legislature, first black woman from southern state and first black Texan in Congress. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Biographical sketch, pp. 65-69. Extraordinary Texas Women 2008.
Press release, Barbara Jordan appointed special counselor to the Governor, 12/5/1990. Governor Ann W. Richards .
JORDAN, BARBARA CHARLINE (1936-1996). Handbook of Texas Online .
Papers from a seminar hosted by Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, State Senator Bob Gammage, and State Representative Mickey Leland and held 11/30-12/1/1973 at the Bates College of Law, University of Houston. LRL collection, 362.1 H349 1973. Health Care Problems in Texas 1973.
Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature 2018.
Biographical sketch, legislative record, honors and citations, and civic and community activities, pp. 141-146. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
Oral history interview available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
Photos and biographical sketch. Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington 2004.
Biographical sketch in LRL collection, 340.092 C366R 2008. Rough Road to Justice: The Journey of Women Lawyers in Texas 2008.
Civil rights involvement and legislative career discussed in Merlene Pitre, "Texas and the Master Civil Rights Narrative: A Case Study of Black Females in Houston," Volume 116, Number 2, October 2012, pp. 125-137. Southwestern Historical Quarterly .
Jordan, Barbara Charline. Texas State Cemetery .
Biographical sketch, "Barbara Jordan: The Paradox of Black Female Ambition," 305.409764 T852T 2015. Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives 2015.
Barbara Jordan's Democratic Convention keynote address, New York, New York, July 13, 1992, Change: from what to what? Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin .
Barbara Jordan's Democratic Convention keynote address, New York, New York, July 12, 1976, Who then will speak for the common good? Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin .
Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold: A Noble Citizen, April 23-24, 2015, conference program, photo of Sissy Farenthold and Barbara Jordan. Presented by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin .
Remembering Professor Barbara Jordan: An Oral History. Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin .
Biography in LRL collection, YOUNG TEXANS. What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan 2018.
Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate 2019.
Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate 2017.
Biographical sketch and photo, Women of the Texas Senate. Women's Suffrage in Texas: Struggle, the Story: Successes, Notable Firsts: Senators, Women of the Texas Senate 2019.
Biography in LRL collection, YOUNG TEXANS. ¿Qué haces con una voz así?: La historia de la extraordinaria congresista Bárbara Jordan 2021.