Rufus Kilpatrick

Rufus Underwood Kilpatrick

Full Name: Rufus Underwood Kilpatrick
Date of birth: March 17, 1916
Date of death: August 9, 1992

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 9-1 Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973 62nd   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971 61st   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969 60th   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 9-1 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat Beaumont / Jefferson   Jefferson

(1) Moving and storage. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

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House District 9-1
Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973
Legislatures: 62nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
Legislatures: 60th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 59th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 9-1
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson

(1) Moving and storage. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

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62nd 3rd C.S. - 1972
Revenue and Taxation  
62nd R.S. - 1971
Counties  
Labor  
Motor Transportation  
Parks and Wildlife  
Public Education Financing  
Revenue and Taxation (Vice Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation, Interim  
State Tax Policy  
61st R.S. - 1969
Beach Study  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Counties  
Motor Transportation (Chair) 
Narcotics Investigating  
Parks and Wildlife  
Urban Affairs  
60th R.S. - 1967
Beaches  
Counties  
Enrolled Bills  
Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
Parks and Wildlife  
Urban Affairs  
59th R.S. - 1965
Counties  
Game and Fisheries  
Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Pleasure Island  
Public Lands and Buildings  
58th R.S. - 1963
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections  
School Districts  
State Hospitals and Special Schools  
57th R.S. - 1961
Aeronautics  
Counties  
Motor Traffic (Chair) 
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Salt Water Pollution  
56th R.S. - 1959
Enrolled Bills (Chair) 
Military and Veteran's Affairs  
Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Penitentiaries  
55th R.S. - 1957
Archives, Texas Employment Commission, and Insurance Buildings  
Engrossed Bills  
Motor Traffic  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Printing  

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