Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	19-1	Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977	64th	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston
H	19-1	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston
H	21-1	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston
H	21-1	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston
H	21-1	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston
H	21-1	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston
H	21-1	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Galveston / Galveston	Galveston

(1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 388. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
69th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 66. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
74th Legislature, R.S., HR 370. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
76th Legislature, R.S., HR 441. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, April 2000, p. 402. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Naval Reserve, Lieutenant Commander. "He served his country in World War II as Lt. Commander Ed J. Harris, a rank he still holds in the Naval Reserve." 60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 388. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
United States Navy, World War II, "valiantly serving his country as a Navy pilot in World War II." 76th Legislature, R.S., HR 441. 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.
Photograph, "Where Are They Now? The Dirty Thirty," September 2001, p. 52. Texas Monthly.

Photographs

Photograph. Ed J. Harris, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed J. Harris, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed. J. Harris, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed. J. Harris, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed. J. Harris, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed. J. Harris, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed. J. Harris, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
60th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
61st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

64th R.S. - 1975 Appropriations Insurance
63rd R.S. - 1973 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on Utilization of State Owned Property Elections (Chair)
62nd R.S. - 1971 Common Carriers Counties Insurance Juvenile Crime and Deliquency Penitentiaries
61st R.S. - 1969 Aeronautics Beach Study Counties Judiciary Juvenile Crime and Deliquency Penitentiaries Rules of Order and Decorum of the House
60th R.S. - 1967 Aeronautics Common Carriers Judiciary Labor
59th R.S. - 1965 Common Carriers Enrolled Bills Public Lands and Buildings Public Printing
58th R.S. - 1963 Common Carriers Congressional and Legislative Districts Education Highways and Roads Judiciary

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