Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
S	24	Jan 10, 1989 - Jan 12, 1993	71st 72nd	Democrat	Sweetwater / Nolan	Bell, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Taylor
H	63	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Sweetwater / Nolan	Howard, Mitchell, Nolan
H	72	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Sweetwater / Nolan	Howard, Mitchell, Nolan
H	80	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Sweetwater / Nolan	Dickens, Fisher, King, Mitchell, Nolan, Stonewall

(1) Sworn 11/23/1964. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 550. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and photo. National WASP World War II Museum at Avenger Field.
Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2007.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 71st Legislature, 1989.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 72nd Legislature, 1991.

Other Resources

Relatives: R. Temple Dickson - father, R. Temple Dickson III - son. "Temple Dickson: Country Lawyer Raises Rural Voice in the Legislature," 3/12/1989. Abilene Reporter-News.
"As a representative Temple wrote and sponsored the Texas Tort Claims Act, which for the first time held the government responsible for its negligent acts . . . landmark 1969 legislation." "Temple also filed what may have been the first civil rights bill in Texas." Obituary and photo, 12/1/2006. Austin American-Statesman.
Obituary and photo, "Lawmaker Put Reform on Agenda for Texas," 12/1/2006. Austin American-Statesman.
"Sinking of the Andrea Doria," 7/25/1990. Mrs. Temple Dickson provides an account of her rescue from the shipwrecked Andrea Doria. Sweetwater Reporter.
Texas Legislature, Senate: An Inventory of Records of Senator Temple Dickson at the Texas State Archives, 1984-1991 (bulk 1989-1991). (website includes biography) Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1991.

Photographs

Photograph. Temple Dickson, 72nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Temple Dickson, 71st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Temple Dickson, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Temple Dickson, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Temple Dickson, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

71st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
72nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

72nd R.S. - 1991 Administration, Special Committee of the Whole on Redistricting, Special Committee of the Whole on Redistricting, Special, Subcommittee on Legislative Districts Economic Development (Chair) Economic Development, Interim (Chair) Jurisprudence Jurisprudence, Interim Nominations, Special State Affairs State Affairs Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics
71st R.S. - 1989 Committee of the Whole Senate Criminal Justice Economic Development Judicial Selection Jurisprudence Legislative Redistricting, Select Mentally Retarded Persons Act of 1977, Task Force on Nursing Home Rate Reimbursement, Interim State Guaranty Funds, Select Texas State Artist Texas State Technical Institute (Chair)
61st R.S. - 1969 Common Carriers (Chair) Judiciary Livestock Parks and Wildlife State Affairs
60th R.S. - 1967 Common Carriers (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity (Governmental Immunity, Tort Claims Act) (Chair) Judiciary Livestock and Stock Raising Public Lands and Buildings
59th R.S. - 1965 Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fisheries Inland Salt Water Pollution Judiciary Livestock and Stock Raising

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