Terms of Service

• Senate, 62nd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 61st & 60th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1967 - 1/12/1971
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/14/1969.
• Senate, 59th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  
• House, 57th Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th ⁽³⁾ 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
  

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) Oil and gas lease broker. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal .
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1972 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .
(5) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1966 due to redistricting. Reapportionment of Senate districts occurred in the 59th Legislature, Regular Session (1965), ch. 324 (SB 547). Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 71st Legislature, R.S., SCR 140. Texas Senate filibuster in 1971 holds record as longest successful filibuster in the state. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 59th Legislature, R.S., SR 440. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 82nd Legislature, R.S., HR 1022. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Don Kennard filibustering during the 62nd R.S., Senate Media
• Photograph. Don Kennard filibustering during the 62nd R.S., Senate Media
• Photograph. Don Kennard filibustering during the 62nd R.S., Senate Media
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Don Kennard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Governor for a Day, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2011.
• Obituary and photographs, 3/18/2011. Austin American-Statesman .
• Donley Chalmers Kennard, birth date 5/6/1929, death date 3/17/2011, grave marker photo, burial in the Texas State Cemetery, Austin. Find a Grave .
• Obituary and photograph, 3/18/2011. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
• Don Kennard Papers: A Guide. University of Texas at Arlington. Texas Archival Resources Online 2010.
• Transcript and video of interview, 6/21/1999. Texas Legacy Project 2009.
• Kennard, Don. Texas State Cemetery .
• Don Kennard Papers, including photographs. University of Texas at Arlington Libraries .

Committee Information

• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• Commerce and Industry  
• Disease Prevention by Immunization, Special  
• Drug Study, Interim (Chair) 
• Economic Development  
• Environment  
• Environmental Affairs, Interim  
• Federal Programs and Relations  
• Finance  
• Horse Racing and Pari-mutuel Betting, Interim  
• Human Resources  
• Insurance  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• Jurisprudence  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Recreation (Chair) 
• Parks and Wildlife (Vice Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections  
• Problems of Youth, Interim  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• Public School Finance, Interim  
• Rules  
• Rules of the Senate  
• Sales Tax, Interim  
• State Affairs  
• State Artist Selection, Special  
• State Tax Policy  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Contingent Expense  
• Education  
• Federal Programs and Relations  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Recreation (Chair) 
• Parks and Wildlife (Vice Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Youth Affairs  
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Claims  
• Constitutional Revision Commission  
• Education  
• Jurisprudence  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Recreation (Chair) 
• Public Health (Chair) 
• Slums and Slum Clearance  
• Transportation  
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Banking  
• Education  
• Election Law  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Banking  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Insurance  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Oil and Gas  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Appropriations  
• Banks and Banking  
• Education  
• Federal Relations (Chair) 
• Migrant Labor  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Texas Turnpike Authority Problems  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Appropriations  
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments and Agencies  
• Banks and Banking  
• Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair) 
• Labor  
• Leasing of Certain Highway Rights-of-Way for Oil and Gas Purposes by the State Highway Department, Special  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Banks and Banking  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Labor  
• Motor Traffic  
• School Districts (Vice Chair) 
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Banks and Banking  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• Labor  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Banks and Banking  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools