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. Includes portraits. 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