Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	3	Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 10, 1989	70th ⁽¹⁾ 69th 70th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches	Senate President Pro Tempore (70th)	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler
S	3	Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985	68th ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tyler
S	3	Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 11, 1983	66th 67th	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Kaufman, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler
S	3	Feb 28, 1978 - Jan 9, 1979	65th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Henderson, Jasper, Kaufman, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler
H	4	Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 10, 1978	65th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby
H	4	Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977	64th	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby
H	4	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby

(1) 70th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 6/1/1987; 1st C.S., elected 6/2/1987; Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 6/3/1987; 2nd C.S., elected 6/22/1987; and Ad Interim 2nd C.S., elected 7/21/1987. Senate Journal.
(2) 68th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 3/17/1983, p. 495. Drew 2-year term (also see message from President, p. 467). Senate Journal.
(3) Proclamation, 12/15/1977, ordering a special election in House District 4 on 2/18/1978 to serve out the unexpired term of the Honorable Roy Blake. Governor Dolph Briscoe.
(4) In Senate, Roy M. Blake, in special election 2/18/1978, took office 2/28/1978, succeeded Don G. Adams, resigned 12/31/1977. In House, James W. Haley, sworn 3/1/1978, succeeded Roy M. Blake, resigned 1/10/1978. (Haley's first session was 65th 2nd C.S.) Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) Roy Blake House resignation letter, 11/17/1977 - states House resignation effective 1/10/1978. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office.
(6) Haley elected State Representative District 4 in special election 2/18/1978. Texas Secretary of State - Election Dates Including Special Elections, 1966-2001.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

66th Legislature, R.S., SR 364. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., SR 414. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
68th Legislature, R.S., SR 380. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
69th Legislature, R.S., SR 248. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
79th Legislature, R.S., HR 193. Relatives: Roy Blake, Sr. - father; Roy Blake, Jr. - son. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2017.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 66th Legislature, 1979.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 67th Legislature, 1981.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 68th Legislature, 1983.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 69th Legislature, 1985.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 70th Legislature, 1987.

Other Resources

Obituary and photos, death date 3/4/2017. Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors.

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

Named one of the 'Used Furniture'. Best and Worst Legislators 1987.

Photographs

Photograph. Roy Blake, 70th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy Blake, 69th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy Blake, 68th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy Blake, 67th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy M. Blake, 66th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy M. Blake, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy M. Blake, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roy M. Blake, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

65th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.
66th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.
67th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.
68th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, west wall. GE.L1). State Preservation Board.
69th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
70th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.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.

Committee Information top

70th R.S. - 1987 Administration, Special (Chair) Committee of the Whole Senate Economic Development Finance Nominations, Special Rules, Special (Vice Chair) State Affairs (Vice Chair)
69th R.S. - 1985 Administration, Special (Chair) Committee of the Whole Senate Economic Development Finance Nominations, Special State Affairs
68th R.S. - 1983 Administration (Chair) Committee of the Whole Senate Committee of the Whole Senate, Subcommittee on Finance Finance Rules, Special (Vice Chair) State Affairs State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations
67th R.S. - 1981 Administration (Chair) Finance New Federalism, Task Force State Affairs State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations State-Municipal Planning, Interim (Vice Chair)
66th R.S. - 1979 Charitable Organizations, Interim Human Resources Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs (Vice Chair) Intergovernmental Relations State Affairs State Affairs Subcommittee on Nominations
65th R.S. - 1977 Administration Administration Subcommittee on Rules Appropriations Calendars (Chair) Drugs and Alcohol Abuse and Control, Select Finance Jurisprudence
64th R.S. - 1975 Alternatives to Public School Financing, Special Appropriations House Administration Reapportionment (Chair)
63rd R.S. - 1973 Education Education Subcommittee on Higher Education Elections Intergovernmental Affairs

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