Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	45	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Hondo / Medina	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Hays, Kendall, Medina
H	49	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Hondo / Medina	Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala
H	49	Mar 4, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	Republican	Hondo / Medina	Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala

(1) 63rd Legislature - Democrat. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographies of Legislators, 1947.
(2) 62nd Legislature - Democrat. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographies of Legislators, 1947.
(3) John Poerner, in special runoff election 2/27/1969, sworn 3/4/1969, succeeded David C. Howard, died 1/14/1969. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Republican John Poerner changed party to Independent after the election. Republicans and Other Non-Democrats in the Texas Legislature.
(5) Poerner referred to as Republican. "Texas GOP Chief Hails Poerner Win," 3/1/1969. San Antonio Express-News.
(6) Party listed as Independent on member card; original listing as Republican marked through. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office.
(7) 61st Legislature - Independent. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographies of Legislators, 1947.
(8) 61st Legislature - Independent. Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Mailing Addresses, House of Representatives, 56th, 59th-61st Legislatures, 1958.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Other Resources

Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.
Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.
Notice of death, 6/27/2022. Speaker of the House.
Poerner, John Henry. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. John H. Poerner, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John H. Poerner, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John H. Poerner, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

63rd R.S. - 1973 Agriculture and Livestock Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on Shortages of Agricultural Equipment and Chemicals Animal Health Commission Constitutional Convention Planning Education Education Subcommittee on General Education (Chair) Education Subcommittee on Vocational-Technical Training Property Tax Committee, Legislative (Vice Chair) Transportation
62nd R.S. - 1971 Agriculture and Drought Disaster Relief, Special Conservation and Reclamation Degree Plans Livestock (Vice Chair) Mental Health and Mental Retardation Parks and Wildlife State Affairs Vegetable Marketing, Interim (Chair) Vocational-Technical Education, Interim
61st R.S. - 1969 Aeronautics Counties Highways and Roads Insurance School Districts

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