Terms of Service

• Senate, 57th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 56th & 55th Legislatures
  1/8/1957 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 5/18/1959; and Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 6/16/1959.
• Senate, 54th & 53rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1953 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  

(1) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 56th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 78. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 60th Legislature, R.S., SR 27. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Jarrard Secrest, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Jarrard Secrest, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jarrard Secrest, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jarrard Secrest, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jarrard Secrest, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jarrard Secrest, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial, October 1966, p. 874. Texas Bar Journal .
• FBI, United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Banking  
• Education  
• Election Law  
• Game and Fish  
• Insurance  
• Nominations  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Water and Conservation  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Finance  
• Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) 
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Nominations  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• State Fiscal System  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Banking (Chair) 
• General Investigating  
• Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) 
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Civil Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Federal Relations  
• General Investigating  
• Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• State Planning Commission  
• Town and City Corporations  
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Planning Commission  
• Towns and City Corporations