Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Travis A. Peeler

Full Name: Travis Alonzo Peeler
Birth date: January 17, 1925
Death date: March 19, 2005

Terms of Service

House, 60th Legislature
1/10/1967 - 1/14/1969
Democrat
House, 59th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 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) Oath of office date not found in journal. Not present at organization of House 1/12/1965. Granted leave of absence due to illness 1/12/1965, p. 5. HSR 11 wishing speedy recovery from surgery, p. 17. Listed with excused absences through 1/18/1965. Present for roll call on 1/19/1965. House Journal .
(2) Undated oath of office signed by Associate Justice Paul W. Nye. Oaths of Office .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 11. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 29. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

Photograph. Travis Peeler, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Travis A. Peeler, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Travis A. Peeler, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Travis A. Peeler, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, 3/24/2005, p. 5B. Notes Peeler proposed the bill, which passed, to abolish the poll tax. Corpus Christi Caller-Times .
Obituary, "Travis Peeler, Lawyer, Activist, Dies," 3/22/2005, p. B1. Corpus Christi Caller-Times .
"Travis Peeler: Texan's Texas and True Friend," 3/25/2005, p. A13. Corpus Christi Caller-Times .
Travis Alonzo Peeler, birth date 1/17/1925 in Atascosa County. FamilySearch Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 .
"Gathering of the Texas Herd," by T.J. Barragy, Journal of South Texas, Spring 1998, pp. 1-17. Included in the Lucky S&L online reference library. Describes efforts of J. Frank Dobie, Graves Peeler, et al. to save the Texas longhorn. Lucky S&L Ranch 2004.
Memorial, October 2005, p. 880. Texas Bar Journal .