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	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.

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House District 26
Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973
Legislatures: 62nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

House District 26
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

House District 26
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
Legislatures: 60th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

House District 27
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 59th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Falls, Freestone, Limestone

(1) Sworn on 11/10/1964 and again on 11/20/1964. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Information 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.

Biographical Sketches

Memorials, Jack R. Hawkins '27, Tarleton State University. Alumni J-TAC, July 1988, p. 15, crediting Tarleton State University. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

Jack Ross Hawkins, birth date 9/1/1905 (corrected information) in Stephenville, Erath County, parents Wade Hampton Hawkins and Martha Ware. FamilySearch Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935.
Jack Ross Hawkins, death date 4/1/1988 in Limestone County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
Jack Ross Hawkins, birth date 9/1/1905, death date 4/1/1988, burial in Fort Parker Memorial Park, Groesbeck, Limestone County. Includes photograph of "Special tribute to Euleta & Jack Hawkins, who operated the Groesbeck Journal for many years. Picture circa 1931." 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 Information top

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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