Terms of Service

• Senate, 62nd & 61st Legislatures
  1/14/1969 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 4th C.S., elected 10/17/1972.
• Senate, 60th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
  Democrat
  
• House, 59th Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  
• House, 57th Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  

(1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office .
(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

• 61st Legislature, R.S., SR 1056. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• 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
• Photograph. Charles N. Wilson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Charles N. Wilson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Charles Wilson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Charles Wilson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Charles Wilson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Charles Wilson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2011.
• WILSON, Charles (1933-2010). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
• Book in LRL collection, 328.764 W692C 2003. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times 2003.
• WILSON, CHARLES NESBITT [CHARLIE] (1933-2010). Handbook of Texas Online .
• United States Navy, Lieutenant. "While in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1960, Wilson served on a destroyer and later as a staff officer at the Pentagon. He achieved the rank of lieutenant. It was during his Pentagon service that Wilson volunteered for the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy and decided himself to seek elected office as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives from his East Texas district." Handbook of Texas Online .
• Oral history interview available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
• Photo and biographical sketch included in "Texas Government Insider," October 2008. Strategic Partnerships, Inc. 2008.
• "The Rehabilitation of Charlie Wilson," by John Spong, June 2004. Texas Monthly .
• Wilson, Charles Nesbitt. Cenotaph. Texas State Cemetery .
• United States Navy. 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
• Banking  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Human Resources  
• Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) 
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Natural Resources  
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Wildlife  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• State Departments and Institutions  
• State Departments and Institutions Subcommittee on Construction of the Bauer House for the Chancellor at the University of Texas at Austin  
• Water and Conservation  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Banking (Chair) 
• Corporate Farming, Livestock Feeding and Ranching Operations  
• Education  
• Federal Programs and Relations  
• Historical and Recreational Sites  
• Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts  
• Parks and Wildlife  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• Public Utility Commission (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Departments and Institutions  
• Water and Conservation  
• Welfare Reform (Vice Chair) 
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Banking  
• Emergency Hospital Treatment  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Public Health  
• State Departments and Institutions  
• Transportation (Vice Chair) 
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Problems Confronting Education in Texas  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools (Vice Chair) 
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Insurance  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Public Health  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Claims and Accounts  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Insurance  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Texas Commission on State and Local Tax Policy