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Ann W. Richards     Ann W. Richards
Full name: Dorothy Ann Willis Richards
Home:  Austin, TX
Biography: Portraits of Texas Governors
Biography: Handbook of Texas Online
Party:  Democrat
Term as Governor: January 15, 1991 - January 17, 1995  

Legislative sessions as Governor: 
72 R.S. (January 8, 1991 - May 27, 1991)
72 1st C.S. (July 15, 1991 - August 13, 1991)
72 2nd C.S. (August 19, 1991 - August 25, 1991)
72 3rd C.S. (January 2, 1992 - January 8, 1992)
72 4th C.S. (November 10, 1992 - December 3, 1992)
73 R.S. (January 12, 1993 - May 31, 1993)
74 R.S. (January 10, 1995 - May 29, 1995)

Legislative offices held:
None

Other elected state or federal offices held:
State Treasurer (1983- 1991)

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50 biographical clips about: Richards, Ann
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