Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James L. Slider

Full Name: James Lenoy Slider
Birth date: September 17, 1924
Death date: August 4, 1990

Terms of Service

House, 62nd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
Democrat
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 Legislature
1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
Democrat
House, 57th Legislature
1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
Democrat

(1) Appointed by outgoing Speaker Gus Mutscher as "the Member who shall call the House to order . . . and to preside, pending the election for the office of Speaker," 3/28/1972, p. 3. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

67th Legislature, R.S., HR 72. "One of his most distinguished duties during his long tenure in the house was his service as presiding officer of the house at the convening of the 2nd Called Session of the 62nd Legislature." Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
72nd Legislature, R.S., HR 683. "He [Slider] served briefly as acting speaker of the house during a special session of the legislature in March 1972." Death date 8/4/1990. Resolutions - Memorial .
72nd Legislature, R.S., SR 576. "He [Slider] was acting speaker of the house during a special session of the legislature in March, 1972." Death date 8/4/1990. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. James L. Slider, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2002
Photograph. James L. Slider, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James L. Slider, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James L. Slider, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James L. Slider, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James L. Slider, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James L. Slider, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, 8/5/1990. Death date 8/3/1990. Austin American-Statesman .
James L. Slider, birth date 9/17/1924, death date 8/4/1990. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index .
James Lenoy Slider, birth date 9/17/1924, death date 8/4/1990, burial in Naples Cemetery, Naples, Morris County. Includes photo at the Texas State Capitol, biographical sketch/memorial published in Naples Notables, 2011. Find a Grave .
Photo and biographical sketch. Naples Nostalgia .
United States Navy, World War II, February 1943-April 1946. Naples Nostalgia .
James L. Slider, photo and biographical sketch. Members of the 67th Legislature adopted a resolution honoring Slider and recognizing "his service in the capacity of the speaker of the house at the convening of the 2nd Called Session of the 62nd Legislature." Death date 8/3/1990. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.