- Sixty-first Texas Legislature
The 61st Texas Legislature met from
January 14 ,1969 toJune 2 ,1969 , and again in two special called sessions fromJuly 28 ,1968 toAugust 26 ,1969 , and fromAugust 27 ,1969 toSeptember 9 ,1969 . All members present during this session were elected in the 1968 general elections.essions
Party summary
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House
Officers
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* Lieutenant Governor:
Ben Barnes , Democrat
* President Pro Tempore "(regular session)": Don C. Kennard, Democrat
* President Pro Tempore "(1st called session)": Horace J. "Doc" Blanchard, Democrat
* President Pro Tempore "(2nd called session)": James P. Word, DemocratHouse
* Speaker of the House:
Gus Mutscher , DemocratMembers
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Dist. 1
* A.M. Aikin, Jr. (D), ParisDist. 2
* Jack Strong (D), LongviewDist. 3
* Charlie Wilson (D), LufkinDist. 4
* D. Roy Harrington (D), Port ArthurDist. 5
* W.T. "Bill" Moore (D), BryanDist. 6
* Criss Cole (D), HoustonDist. 7
*Chet Brooks (D), PasadenaDist. 8
* Ike Harris (R), DallasDist. 9
*Ralph Hall (D), RockwallDist. 10
* Don Kennard (D), Fort WorthDist. 11
*Barbara Jordan (D), HoustonDist. 12
* J.P. Word (D), MeridianDist. 13
* Murray Watson, Jr. (D), WacoDist. 14
* Charles F. Herring (D), AustinDist. 15
* Henry Grover (R), HoustonDist. 16
* Mike McKool (D), DallasDist. 17
* A.R. "Babe" Schwartz (D), GalvestonDist. 18
* W.N. "Bill" Patman (D), GanadoDist. 19
* V.E. "Red" Berry (D), San AntonioDist. 20
* Ronald W. Bridges (D), Corpus ChristiDist. 21
* Wayne Connally (D), FloresvilleDist. 22
* Tom Creighton (D), Mineral WellsDist. 23
* Oscar Mauzy (D), DallasDist. 24
* David Ratliff (D), StamfordDist. 25
* W.E. "Pete" Snelson (D), MidlandDist. 26
* Joe J. Bernal (D), San AntonioDist. 27
* James Bates (D), EdinburgDist. 28
* H.J. "Doc" Blanchard (D), LubbockDist. 29
* Joe Christie (D), El PasoDist. 30
*Jack Hightower (D), VernonDist. 31
* Grady Hazlewood (D), CanyonHouse
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