Biographical Information 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