Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Betty Andujar

Full Name: Elizabeth "Betty" Andujar
Other surnames: Richards,
Birth date: November 6, 1912
Death date: June 8, 1997

Senate, 67th & 66th Legislatures
1/9/1979 - 1/11/1983
Republican
Senate, 65th & 64th Legislatures
1/14/1975 - 1/9/1979
Republican
Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/11/1977.
Senate, 63rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
Republican

(1) 63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .

Photo and biographical sketch, Elizabeth (Betty) Richards Andujar, pp. 173-176. First Republican woman elected to Texas Senate. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
Biographical sketch and photo. First Republican woman elected to Texas Senate. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature 1973.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 66th Legislature 1979.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 67th Legislature 1981.
Andujar, Elizabeth Richards. First woman elected from Tarrant County to the Texas Senate. Texas State Cemetery .
Biographical sketch and photo. The Senators of Texas, 64th Session 1975.
Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate 2019.
Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate 2017.
Biographical sketch and photo, Women of the Texas Senate. Women's Suffrage in Texas: Struggle, the Story: Successes, Notable Firsts: Senators, Women of the Texas Senate 2019.