Terms of Service

• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• House, 54th Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  

(1) Independent oil producer. "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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 57th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HSR 35. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 489. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. J. Gordon Bristow, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Gordon Bristow, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Gordon Bristow, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Gordon Bristow, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Gordon (Obie) Bristow, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature

Other Resources

• Jessie Gordon Bristow, birth date 4/17/1900 in Pryor, Oklahoma; death date 12/22/1969 in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas; independent operator, petroleum. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .

Committee Information

• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Judicial Districts  
• Labor (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Representation Before the Legislature  
• State Affairs  
• Texas Commission on State and Local Tax Policy  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Education  
• Motor Traffic  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education (Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Revenue and Taxation