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Joe C. Hanna Full Name: Joseph Currie Hanna Date of birth: May 19, 1920 Date of death: July 26, 2003 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 64 Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985 68th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Callahan, Haskell, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young H 54 Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983 67th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens H 54 Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981 66th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens H 54 Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979 65th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens H 54 Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977 64th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens H 54 Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975 63rd   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens H 53 Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973 62nd   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Callahan, Eastland, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 68th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 113. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 68th Legislature, R.S., HR 442. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 69th Legislature, R.S., SR 287. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 74th Legislature, R.S., SR 415. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 78th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 27. Resolutions - Memorial. Military Service Notes United States Navy, Lieutenant Senior Grade, World War II. "Hanna joined the US Navy when World War II broke out. He served as a fighter pilot, flying off carriers in the North Atlantic. He commanded the San Luis Obispo Naval Air Station with a rank of Lieutenant senior grade." Joe Currie Hanna, birth date 5/19/1920, death date 7/26/2003, burial in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County, includes photo and obituary. Find a Grave. United States Navy, World War II. "Mr. Hanna willingly answered his country's call to duty in 1941, joining the U.S. Navy; he was a courageous fighter pilot in the North Atlantic and went on to command the San Luis Obispo Naval Air Station before his honorable discharge in 1945." 78th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 27. Resolutions - Memorial. Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators Named one of the 'Furniture'. Best and Worst Legislators, 1973. Given special 'Fiscal Responsibility Stops at the Wellhead' award. Best and Worst Legislators 1979. Photographs Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 68th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 67th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 66th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe C. Hanna, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 62nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 63rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 64th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 65th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board. 66th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board. 67th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board. 68th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 68th R.S. - 1983 Energy (Chair)  Energy Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight   State Properties, Special   Ways and Means   67th R.S. - 1981 Energy Resources (Chair)  Energy Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight   Flood Control, Select   Public Education   66th R.S. - 1979 Energy Resources (Chair)  Energy Resources Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters   Human Services   65th R.S. - 1977 Energy Resources (Chair)  Insurance   Insurance Subcommittee on Property and Casualty   State Energy Plan, House Joint   64th R.S. - 1975 Energy Resources (Chair)  Social Services   Social Services Subcommittee on Rehabilitation   63rd R.S. - 1973 Education   Education Subcommittee on Vocational-Technical Training (Chair)  Energy Crisis   Natural Resources   Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Crisis in Rural Areas (Chair)  Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oil and Gas   Reorganization and Modernization of Public Education (Committee of 24), Interim   Transportation   62nd 3rd C.S. - 1972 Revenue and Taxation   62nd R.S. - 1971 Counties   Extended Coverage Insurance   Higher Education   Highways and Roads   House Rules and Procedures   Livestock   Oil and Gas Regulation   Oil, Gas and Mining   Parks   Revenue and Taxation, Interim

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