Terms of Service

• Senate, 59th & 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1963 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 57th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 56th & 55th Legislatures
  1/8/1957 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 54th & 53rd ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1953 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 6/7/1955.
• Senate, 52nd & 51st Legislatures
  1/11/1949 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• House, 50th Legislature
  1/14/1947 - 1/11/1949
  Democrat
  
• House, 49th Legislature
  1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  
• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  
• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

• Photograph. Mrs. Neveille H. Colson, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille H. Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Mrs. Neveille H. Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Neveille Higgs Colson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Photo and biographical sketch (Ester Neveille Higgs Colson). First woman to serve in both houses of the legislature. Relatives: Esther Neveille Higgs Colson - wife, Nall Colson - husband (divorced 1938). Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
• COLSON, ESTHER NEVEILLE HIGGS (1902-1982). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate 2019.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate 2017.

Committee Information

• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Claims (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• State Departments and Institutions  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Claims (Chair) 
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• State Departments and Institutions  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Claims (Vice Chair) 
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Finance  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• State Departments and Institutions (Vice Chair) 
• State Health and Welfare Services Coordinating Commission  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Claims (Vice Chair) 
• Counties, Cities and Towns  
• Finance  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Oil and Gas  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• State Departments and Institutions (Vice Chair) 
• Texas Commission for State Health and Welfare Services  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Claims  
• Finance  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• State Departments and Institutions  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Aeronautics  
• Agriculture  
• Banking  
• Counties and County Boundaries (Vice Chair) 
• Education (Chair) 
• Enrolled and Engrossed Bills  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judicial Districts  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Senatorial Disticts (Vice Chair) 
• State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) 
• State Penitentiaries  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Town and City Corporations  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Aeronautics  
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Congressional Districts  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Educational Affairs  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judicial Districts  
• Nominations of the Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• State Institutions and Departments (Chair) 
• State Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Congressional Districts  
• Educational Affairs  
• Finance  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
• State Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Agriculture  
• Education  
• Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Penitentiaries (Vice Chair) 
• Public Debts, Claims, and Accounts (Chair) 
• Representative Districts  
• Senatorial Districts  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Claims and Accounts (Chair) 
• Education  
• Highways and Roads  
• State Affairs  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Claims and Accounts (Chair) 
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Insurance  
• State Affairs  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions, Investigation, Special  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Claims and Accounts  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• State Affairs  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Banks and Banking  
• Claims and Accounts  
• Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) 
• Eleemosynary Appropriation, Special  
• Insurance  
• State Affairs  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Claims and Accounts  
• Insurance  
• Penitentiaries  
• State Affairs