Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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.

Biographical Sketches

Joe Currie Hanna, birth date 5/19/1920, death date 7/26/2003, burial in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County. Includes obituary "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." Find a Grave.

Military Service Notes

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.

Other Resources

Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.

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 Information top

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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