The 60th
Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful a ...
met from January 10, 1967, to May 29, 1967, and again in a special called session from June 4, 1968, to July 3, 1968. All members present during this session were elected in the 1966 general elections. The Democrats retained control of the Legislature.
Sessions
* Regular session: January 10 – May 29, 1967
* Called session: June 4 – July 3, 1968
Party summary
Senate
House
Officers
Senate
*
Lieutenant Governor
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:
Preston Smith (D)
* President Pro Tempore (regular session):
Bill Patman
William Neff Patman (March 26, 1927 – December 9, 2008) was an American politician who served from 1981 to 1985 as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 14th congressional district. He was the son of Wrig ...
(D)
* President Pro Tempore (called session): James S. Bates (D)
House
* Speaker of the House:
Ben Barnes (D)
Members
Senate
Dist. 1
* A. M. Aikin Jr. (D),
Paris
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Dist. 2
* Jack Strong (D),
Longview
Dist. 3
*
Charlie Wilson Charles, Charlie, Charley, or Chuck Wilson may refer to:
Entertainment
* Charles Heath Wilson (1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author
* Charles C. Wilson (1894–1948), American film actor
* Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013) ...
(D),
Lufkin
Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019.
Lufkin was founded ...
Dist. 4
* D. Roy Harrington (D),
Port Arthur
Dist. 5
*
William T. Moore (D),
Bryan
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Places United States
* Bryan, Arkansas
* Bryan, Kentucky
* Bryan, Ohio
* Bryan, Texas
* Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town in Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming
* Bryan Township (disambiguation)
Facilities and structur ...
Dist. 6
* Criss Cole (D),
Houston
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Dist. 7
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Chet Brooks (D),
Pasadena
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Its ...
Dist. 8
*
O. H. Harris
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O may also refer to:
Letters
* Օ օ, (Unicode: U+0555, U+0585) a letter in the Armenian alphabet
* Ο ο, Omicron, (Greek), a letter in the Greek alphabet
* O (Cyrillic), a letter of ...
(R),
Dallas
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Dist. 9
*
Ralph Hall
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(D),
Rockwall
Dist. 10
*
Don Kennard
Don Kennard (May 6, 1929 – March 17, 2011) was a United States politician for the Democratic Party representing Fort Worth and Tarrant County in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate from 1953 to 1973. Kennard represent ...
(D),
Fort Worth
Dist. 11
*
Barbara Jordan
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern Africa ...
(D),
Houston
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Dist. 12
* J. P. Word (D),
Meridian
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Science
* Meridian (astronomy), imaginary circle in a plane perpendicular to the planes of the celestial equator and horizon
* ...
Dist. 13
* Murray Watson Jr. (D),
Waco
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Dist. 14
* Charles F. Herring (D),
Austin
Dist. 15
*
Henry Grover
Henry Cushing Grover (April 1, 1927 – November 28, 2005), usually known as Hank Grover, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Texas best known for his relatively narrow defeat in 1972. He was a conservative Republican
Election hi ...
(R),
Houston
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Dist. 16
* Jim Wade (D),
Dallas
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Dist. 17
*
A. R. Schwartz
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(D),
Galveston
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Dist. 18
*
Bill Patman
William Neff Patman (March 26, 1927 – December 9, 2008) was an American politician who served from 1981 to 1985 as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 14th congressional district. He was the son of Wrig ...
(D),
Ganado
Dist. 19
* V. E. Berry (D),
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Dist. 20
* Bruce Reagan (D),
Corpus Christi
Dist. 21
*
Wayne Connally
Wayne Wright Connally (March 19, 1923 – December 20, 2000) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 58th district of the Texas House of Representatives. He also served as a member for the 21st district of the T ...
(D),
Floresville
Dist. 22
* Tom Creighton (D),
Mineral Wells
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Dist. 23
* Oscar Mauzy (D),
Dallas
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Dist. 24
* David Ratliff (D),
Stamford
Dist. 25
*
Dorsey B. Hardeman (D),
San Angelo
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Dist. 26
* Joe J. Bernal (D),
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Dist. 27
* James Bates (D),
Edinburg
Dist. 28
*
H. J. Blanchard
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H may also refer to:
Musical symbols
* H number, Harry Halbreich reference mechanism for music by Honegger and Martinů
* H, B (musical note)
* H, B major
People
* H. (noble) (died after 1 ...
(D),
Lubbock
Lubbock ( )
is the List of cities in Texas by population, 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of government of Lubbock County, Texas, Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also ...
Dist. 29
* Joe Christie (D),
El Paso
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Dist. 30
*
Jack Hightower
Jack English Hightower (September 6, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was a former Democratic U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district.
Early life
Born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in West Texas, Hightower was a United Stat ...
(D),
Vernon
Dist. 31
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Grady Hazlewood Places United States
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*Grady, New Mexico, a village
*Grady, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
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(D),
Canyon
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House
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