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Durwood Manford Full Name: Thomas Durwood Manford, Jr. Date of birth: March 13, 1917 Date of death: March 24, 1988 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 67 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat Smiley / Gonzales Speaker   Gonzales H 67 Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949 50th   Democrat Smiley / Gonzales   Gonzales H 67 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat Smiley / Gonzales   Gonzales H 67 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat Smiley / Gonzales   Gonzales H 67 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Smiley / Gonzales   Gonzales   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 51st Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 58, invitation to address the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 119. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 198. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 83, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 66th Legislature, R.S., HR 126, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 282, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 71st Legislature, R.S., HR 646. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches 60th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Durwood Manford. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. Memorial, December 1988, p. 1177. Texas Bar Journal. Manford, Jr., Thomas Durwood. Texas State Cemetery. Other Resources Describes Speaker Manford's involvement in the political and legislative processes through which the Gilmer-Aikins bills became law. Gilmer-Aikin Bills: a Study in the Legislative Process, 1950. Photograph, Gilmer-Aikin Bills: a Study in the Legislative Process, 1950. Photographs Photograph. Durwood Manford, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Durwood Manford, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Durwood Manford, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Durwood Manford, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Durwood Manford, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Durwood Manford, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.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 Informationtop 51st R.S. - 1949 Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair)  50th R.S. - 1947 Criminal Jurisprudence   Highways and Roads   Judiciary   Labor (Chair)  Municipal and Private Corporations   49th R.S. - 1945 Appropriations (Vice Chair)  Banks and Banking   Constitutional Amendments   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Highways and Roads (Chair)  Local and Uncontested Bills   Portraits of Lieutenant Paul Eubanks and Lieutenant Duncan Hughes, Special   48th R.S. - 1943 Constitutional Amendments   Game and Fisheries   Highways and Roads   Municipal and Private Corporations   State Affairs (Chair)  47th R.S. - 1941 Constitutional Amendments   Judicial Districts   Live Stock and Stock Raising   Revenue and Taxation

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