Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	27	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 9, 1973	61st 62nd	Democrat	Edinburg / Hidalgo		Cameron, Hidalgo
S	27	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Edinburg / Hidalgo	Senate President Pro Tempore (60th)	Cameron, Hidalgo
S	27	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967	58th ⁽³⁾ 59th	Democrat	Edinburg / Hidalgo		Cameron, Hidalgo
H	38-1	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Edinburg / Hidalgo		Hidalgo
H	38-2	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Edinburg / Hidalgo		Hidalgo

(1) 60th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 6/4/1968. Senate Journal.
(2) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.
(3) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

59th Legislature, R.S., SR 785. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 31. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
71st Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 90. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, June 1990, p. 676. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army Air Forces, 1st Lieutenant, World War II. Military grave marker, James Storey Bates, Sr., birth date 12/11/1923, death date 11/21/1989, burial in Thompsonville Cemetery, Thompsonville, Gonzales County. Find a Grave.
United States Air Force, United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Photographs

Photograph. James S. (Jim) Bates, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James S. (Jim) Bates, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jim Bates, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jim Bates, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jim Bates, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James S. Bates, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James S. (Jim) Bates, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Jim Bates, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
60th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
61st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
62nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

62nd R.S. - 1971 Agriculture and Drought Disaster Relief, Special Agriculture and Livestock Commerce and Industry Education Insurance Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Natural Resources Nominations Parks and Wildlife Property Tax Committee, Legislative (Chair) Public Health Rules Rules of the Senate State Affairs Transportation (Chair) Vegetable Marketing, Interim Water and Conservation
61st R.S. - 1969 Agricultural Land Assessment Agriculture and Livestock Commerce and Industry Constitutional Amendments Consumer Credit Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax (Chair) Education Election Law General Investigating Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Nominations Parks and Wildlife Rules Rules of the Senate State Affairs Taxation of Farm, Ranch and Forest Lands Transportation (Chair) Vocational-Technical Education Water and Conservation Water Resources Study
60th R.S. - 1967 Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) Counties, Cities, and Towns Education Enrolled and Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) Flag of Alamo, Special Game and Fish Governmental Immunity Insurance Jurisprudence Nominations Oil and Gas Poverty in Texas Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice Transportation (Chair) Water and Conservation
59th R.S. - 1965 Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Education Finance General Investigating Jurisprudence Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) Nominations Oil and Gas Return of Flag of Alamo Water and Conservation
58th R.S. - 1963 Claims Counties, Cities and Towns Education Finance Jurisprudence Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) Nominations Water and Conservation
56th R.S. - 1959 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments and Agencies Banks and Banking Criminal Jurisprudence Liquor Regulation Penitentiaries
53rd R.S. - 1953 Aeronautics Appropriations Criminal Jurisprudence Liquor Regulation Penitentiaries

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