Terms of Service

• Senate, 62nd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 61st & 60th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1967 - 1/12/1971
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 8/26/1969; and 2nd C.S., elected 8/27/1969.
• Senate, 59th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  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) 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 .
(4) 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

• 60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 130. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 61st Legislature, 2nd C.S., HSR 10, President Pro Tempore of Texas Senate. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 58th Legislature, R.S., SR 552. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. J.P. Word, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.P. Word, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.P. Word, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.P. Word, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.P. Word, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2011.
• Memorial, December 2009, p. 959. Texas Bar Journal .
• Word, James Powell. Texas State Cemetery .
• United States Army, Korean War. "He served with the United States Army in Korea in the 302nd Military Intelligence Corps from 1950 to 1953." Texas State Cemetery .
• 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
• Administration  
• Agriculture and Drought Disaster Relief, Special  
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Banking  
• County, District and Urban Affairs  
• Economic Development (Vice Chair) 
• Environment  
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• General Investigating, Special (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Licensing and Examining Boards, Interim  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Military and Veterans Affairs (Chair) 
• Problems of Youth, Interim  
• Rules  
• Rules of the Senate  
• State Affairs  
• State Artist Selection, Special  
• Unemployment Compensation and Workmen's Compensation Laws, Interim  
• Water and Conservation  
• Youth Affairs  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Agricultural Potential for the '70s  
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Automatic Data Processing (Chair) 
• Banking  
• Contingent Expense  
• County, District, and Urban Affairs  
• Education  
• Finance  
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Historical and Recreational Sites  
• Insurance  
• Labor and Management Relations  
• Natural Fibers and Textile Development  
• Nominations (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Public Utility Commission  
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• Youth Affairs  
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Banking  
• Constitutional Revision Commission  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Counties, Cities, and Towns  
• Economy in State Government  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• General Investigating  
• Insurance  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Banking  
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish (Vice Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Banking  
• Claims  
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• Water and Conservation