Terms of Service

• Senate, 60th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 59th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 58th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 57th & 56th Legislatures
  1/13/1959 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 55th & 54th Legislatures
  1/11/1955 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 53rd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 4/13/1954.
• Senate, 52nd ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 51st & 50th Legislatures
  1/14/1947 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 12/3/1942
  Democrat
  
• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  

(1) Burke T. Summers, in special election 1/2/1943, sworn 1/12/1943, succeeded Dorsey B. Hardeman, resigned 12/3/1942. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(5) 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 .
(6) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1952 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 56th Legislature, R.S., SR 501, birthday of father, N.B. Hardeman, famed orator, author, minister and educator, co-founder in 1908 of Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson, Tennessee. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 59th Legislature, R.S., SR 506, honorary degree of "Knight of the Order of San Jacinto" from Sons of the Republic of Texas. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 263, retirement. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 30, to address Joint Session of General Assembly of Tennessee. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 72nd Legislature, 4th C.S., SCR 1. Resolutions - Memorial .
• Addresses by Senator Culp Krueger, Senator Dorsey Hardeman, Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, Governor John Connally, and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, on presentation of portrait of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, pursuant to SR 504, 59th R.S., 5/28/1965, pp. 1961-1964. Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. D.B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. D.B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Address by Dorsey B. Hardeman, State Senator. Dedication of Monument to General Tom Green: Courthouse Lawn, San Angelo, November 2, 1963 1963.
• Discusses school finance, Gilmer-Aikin, relationships with colleagues, etc. Interview with Senator Dorsey Hardeman by Corrinne E. Crow on February 27, 1975 1975.
• Notes prepared "at the insistence of my [Hardeman's] wife and my two sons." Notes From Autobiographical Material 1981.
• Includes the text of 43 speeches by Dorsey B. Hardeman, Selected Addresses by Senator Dorsey B. Hardeman 1975.
• Memorial, November 1992, p. 1092. Texas Bar Journal .
• Hardeman, Dorsey B. Death date 8/11/1992 on headstone. Texas State Cemetery .
• United States Army Air Corps, World War II. "In 1938, he was elected to the House of Representatives and served two terms before joining the United States Army Air Corps and was sent to officers' training school. He served in the Headquarters of the Judge Advocate General." Texas State Cemetery .
• United States Army Air Corps. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 60th R.S. - 1967
• Charitable Immunity  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Enrolled and Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• Flag of Alamo, Special  
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Jurisprudence  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Parks and Recreation  
• Placement of Lieutenant Governors' Portraits  
• Portrait of General William C. Westmoreland  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Rules  
• Rules of the Senate  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Water and Conservation  
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Education  
• Enrolled and Engrossed Bills  
• Finance (Chair) 
• Flag of Santa Anna  
• General Investigating  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• News Media on Proceedings in Criminal and/or Civil Courts  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Conservation of Paintings and Portraits  
• Education  
• Finance  
• General Investigating  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Oil and Gas  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Rules  
• Sociopathic Personalities  
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Conservation of Paintings  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Monument for Andrew Jackson Houston in State Cemetery (Chair) 
• Oil and Gas  
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• State Insurance Board, Investigation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Conservation of Paintings, Interim  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• General Investigating  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Oil and Gas  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Water and Conservation  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Conservation of Paintings  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Oil and Gas (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Conservation of Paintings  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Preservation and Conservation of Paintings, Special  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Civil Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance  
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Preservation and Conservation of Paintings, Special  
• State Affairs  
• Water Resources  
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage (Chair) 
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Corporation Laws Revision, Special  
• Finance  
• Judicial Districts  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) 
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Civil Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Finance  
• General Investigating  
• General Investigating, Special  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Military Affairs  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Town and City Corporations (Vice Chair) 
• Veterans' Affairs  
• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) 
• Federal Relations (Chair) 
• Finance  
• General Investigating, Special  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Military Affairs  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Student Activities at A&M College, Investigation, Special  
• Veterans' Affairs  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Insurance  
• Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Judiciary  
• Labor  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Revenue Laws  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists, Special  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Judiciary  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Public Lands and Buildings