Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock	Senate President Pro Tempore (57th)	Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum
S	28	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961	55th 56th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Andrews, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, Yoakum
H	119	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum
H	119	Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949	50th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum
H	119	Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947	49th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum

(1) 57th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 7/11/1961. Senate Journal.
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

58th Legislature, R.S., SR 624. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, R.S., HCR 50. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, R.S., SR 845. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 118. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 148. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, R.S., SR 213. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, R.S., SR 758. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 34. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
62nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 192. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
63rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 15. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
74th Legislature, R.S., SCR 83. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and color photos, Governor Preston Smith. Choice of Texans: Leaders in the Statehouse, 61st Legislature, 1969.
SMITH, PRESTON EARNEST (1912-2003). 40th Governor of Texas. Handbook of Texas Online.
35th Lieutenant Governor: Preston Earnest Smith. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2005.
Smith, Preston Earnest. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Governor of Texas 1969-1973. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.

Photographs

Photograph. The signing of HB 762, 62nd R.S. Standing behind Gov. Preston Smith, L-R Billy Williamson, Bill Bass, Ed Howard, Lindley Beckworth. Photo courtesy of the family of Billy H. Williamson., 62nd Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Preston Smith, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Preston Smith, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Preston Smith, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Preston Smith, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Preston Smith, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Preston Smith, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Preston Smith, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Preston Smith, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
50th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture and Livestock Banking (Vice Chair) Education Finance (Vice Chair) Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Nominations Public Health
56th R.S. - 1959 Agriculture and Livestock Banking Education Finance (Vice Chair) Interstate Cooperation (Chair) Nominations Public Health
55th R.S. - 1957 Aged Citizens Agriculture and Livestock Education Finance Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) Public Health Utilize Available Space in Capitol Building
51st R.S. - 1949 Appropriations Congressional and Legislative Districts Judicial Districts Public Printing Rules (Vice Chair) Water Code
50th R.S. - 1947 Appropriations Congressional and Legislative Districts (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Judicial Districts Motor Traffic
49th R.S. - 1945 Congressional and Legislative Districts Federal Relations Judicial Districts Local and Uncontested Bills Motor Traffic Public Lands and Buildings

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