Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Ben Barnes

Full Name: Ben Frank Barnes

Terms of Service

House, 60th Legislature
1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
Democrat
Speaker
House, 59th Legislature
1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
Democrat
Speaker
House, 58th Legislature
1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
Democrat
House, 57th Legislature
1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 334. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 46, congratulating new Lieutenant Governor. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 87, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
66th Legislature, R.S., HR 125, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 288, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 1062. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 202. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 539. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
57th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 237. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 517. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 609. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 98. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
60th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 108. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
60th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 118. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
59th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 66. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 453. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
62nd Legislature, R.S., SR 988. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
83rd Legislature, R.S., SR 616. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

Photograph. Ben Barnes, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. Ben Barnes and John Connally, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. Ben Barnes and John Connally, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. Ben Barnes, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. Ben Barnes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ben Barnes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ben Barnes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ben Barnes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ben Barnes and Henry Fletcher, Speaker's Day 2009. Photo courtesy of Brenda McKean, Donated Material

Other Resources

Autobiography in LRL collection, 328.764 B261B. Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life from LBJ through George W. Bush and Beyond 2006.
Biographical sketch and color photos, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes. Choice of Texans: Leaders in the Statehouse, 61st Legislature 1969.
Biographical sketch and portrait, volume 2, pp. 356-357. Men of Achievement in Texas 1972.
Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
36th Lieutenant Governor, 66th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Ben Barnes. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
Address by Speaker of the House Ben Barnes reviewing and summarizing the work of the 60th Legislature, Texas House of Representatives .
Biographical sketch, "Access Through the Lobby," "The Nine Lives of Ben Barnes," 2/24/1995, pp. 14-17. Texas Observer .
Barnes, Ben Frank. Texas State Cemetery .
Interview with Ben Barnes on his political career, by Forrest Preece, 8/18/2011. West Austin News .