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Jack R. Hawkins Full Name: Jack Ross Hawkins Date of birth: September 1, 1905 Date of death: April 1, 1988 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 26 Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973 62nd   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Freestone, Limestone, Navarro H 26 Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971 61st   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Freestone, Limestone, Navarro H 26 Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969 60th   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Freestone, Limestone, Navarro H 27 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th (1)   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Falls, Freestone, Limestone (1) Sworn on 11/10/1964 and again on 11/20/1964. Oaths of Office.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 61st Legislature, 2nd C.S., HSR 17. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 62nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 120. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 65th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 13. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Other Resources Jack Ross Hawkins, birth date 9/1/1905, death date 4/1/1988, burial in Fort Parker Memorial Park, Groesbeck, Limestone County. Find a Grave. Hillary Manning, "owner of a large plantation who operated one of the two Butler Soldiers homes," in "War Memorial Unveiled at Butler Sunday," The Fairfield Recorder, 9/9/1965, p. 1. "At the ceremony, state representative Jack Hawkins of Groesbeck gave the invocation." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. Jack R. Hawkins, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack R. Hawkins, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack R. Hawkins, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack R. Hawkins, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. Committee Informationtop 62nd R.S. - 1971 Elections   Governmental Affairs and Efficiency   Mental Health and Mental Retardation   Public Education   School Districts (Vice Chair)  61st R.S. - 1969 Counties   Economizing in State Government   Elections   Governmental Affairs and Efficiency   Mental Health and Mental Retardation (Vice Chair)  Poet Laureate Selection, Special   Public Education   60th R.S. - 1967 Constitutional Amendments   Counties   Education   Mental Health and Mental Retardation (Vice Chair)  Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   59th R.S. - 1965 Highways and Roads   Military and Veterans' Affairs   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Problems of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing   Public Lands and Buildings   State Hospitals and Special Schools

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