Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	57	Jan 13, 2009 - Jan 11, 2011	81st	Democrat	Chilton / Falls		Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H	57	Jan 9, 2007 - Jan 13, 2009	80th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H	57	Jan 11, 2005 - Jan 9, 2007	79th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H	57	Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005	78th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		Falls, Leon, McLennan, Madison, Robertson
H	57	Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003	77th	Democrat	McGregor / McLennan		McLennan
H	57	Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001	76th	Democrat	McGregor / McLennan		McLennan
H	57	Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999	75th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		McLennan

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 78th Legislature - Remarks by Representative Dunnam, 3/27/2003, pp. 1002-1004. "In 1917, my grandfather sat in this chamber . . . he died when I was about 9." Relatives: W. V. Dunnam, Sr. - grandfather, Jim Dunnam - grandson. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, 79th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.
• Biographical sketch in conference program, participant biographies, Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold: A Noble Citizen, April 23-24, 2015. Presented by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin.

Other Resources

• Relatives: W. V. Dunnam, Sr. - grandfather, Jim Dunnam - grandson. "Five minutes with" Jim Dunnam, 4/6/2001. Grandfather served in the Texas House of Representatives in 1917. Associated Press State and Local Wire.
• Dunnam, James Robert. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, 79th Legislature, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, 78th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, 77th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, 76th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jim Dunnam, 75th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature, 2005.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 75th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 76th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 77th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 78th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 79th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 80th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 81st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

81st R.S. - 2009 Environmental Regulation   Federal Economic Stabilization Funding, Select (Chair)  Transportation

80th R.S. - 2007 Corrections   Economic Development

79th R.S. - 2005 Culture, Recreation, and Tourism   Juvenile Justice and Family Issues

78th R.S. - 2003 Criminal Jurisprudence   Juvenile Justice and Family Issues

77th R.S. - 2001 Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Public Education   Redistricting

76th R.S. - 1999 Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Judicial Interpretations of Law, Select   Public Education   Redistricting

75th R.S. - 1997 Criminal Jurisprudence   Higher Education