Terms of Service

• House, 62nd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  Speaker 3/28/1972 - 1/9/1973.
• House, 61st Legislature
  1/14/1969 - 1/12/1971
  Democrat
  
• House, 60th Legislature
  1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
  Democrat
  
• House, 59th Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 58th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  
• House, 57th Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  

(1) W. Rayford Price succeeded Gus Mutscher, resigned 3/28/1972, as Speaker of the House the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 89. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 66th Legislature, R.S., HR 118. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 290. 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 .
• 57th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 12. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 169. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 121. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 62nd Legislature, 4th C.S., HCR 25. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 62nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 75, Commending Speaker Rayford Price for his leadership and declaring that the date July 5, 1972, be designated as "Speaker's Day." Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 88th Legislature, R.S., HR 566. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. William Rayford Price, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
• Photograph. Rayford Price, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Rayford Price, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Rayford Price, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Rayford Price, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Rayford Price, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Rayford Price, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Rayford Price, Texas House of Representatives

Other Resources

• Oral history interview available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
• 68th Speaker of the House of Representatives: William Rayford Price. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
• Notice of death, 2/24/2023 (updated), 2/22/2023. Speaker of the House .
• Price, William Rayford. Texas State Cemetery .
• Obituary, 2/24/2023. The Price Family 2023.

Committee Information

• 62nd R.S. - 1971
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Judiciary  
• Mental Health and Mental Retardation  
• Parks and Wildlife  
• 61st R.S. - 1969
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax (Vice Chair) 
• Elections  
• Imported Fire Ant Study  
• Insurance  
• Judicial Districts  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Election Code (Vice Chair) 
• Facilities for the Criminally Insane and the Insane Criminal  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Law Revision  
• Election Law  
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary  
• Penitentiaries  
• Visit Certain Military Installations, Special  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Congressional and Legislative Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Counties  
• Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• State Affairs  
• State-Owned Lands and/or Islands