Vernon Stewart

Full Name: Vernon James Stewart
Date of birth: March 23, 1929
Date of death: January 24, 2006

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	60-1	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	60-1	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	85-1	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita
H	81-1	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Wichita Falls / Wichita	Wichita

(1) Student. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 60-1
Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973
Legislatures: 62nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 60-1
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 85-1
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
Legislatures: 60th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 59th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

House District 81-1
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 66. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, 1/31/2006. Austin American-Statesman.
Stewart, Vernon James. Texas State Cemetery.
Obituary and photo, 1/26/2006. Wichita Falls Times Record News.

Photographs

Photograph. Vernon Stewart, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon Stewart, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Vernon J. Stewart, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.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.
62nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

62nd R.S. - 1971 Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufacturing (Chair) Consumer Credit Hearing Aid Industry and Hearing Aid Programs (Chair) Motor Transportation Oil and Gas Regulation Oil, Gas and Mining Poet Laureate Selection, Special Solid Waste Disposal (Chair) Urban Affairs
61st R.S. - 1969 Banks and Banking Juvenile Crime and Deliquency Oil and Gas Resource Conservation Oil, Gas and Mining Public Lands and Buildings (Chair) Urban Affairs
60th R.S. - 1967 Banks and Banking Juvenile Crime and Delinquency (Chair) Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim (Chair) Oil, Gas and Mining Public Health Urban Affairs
59th R.S. - 1965 Juvenile Crime (Chair) Municipal and Private Corporations Oil, Gas and Mining (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Printing State Hospitals and Special Schools
58th R.S. - 1963 Agriculture Banks and Banking Counties Highways and Roads (Vice Chair) Liquor Regulation
57th R.S. - 1961 Banks and Banking Congressional and Legislative Districts Municipal and Private Corporations Oil, Gas and Mining (Chair) Revenue and Taxation Saving Taxes
56th R.S. - 1959 Aeronautics Banks and Banking Counties Liquor Regulation Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
55th R.S. - 1957 Aeronautics (Chair) Archives, Texas Employment Commission, and Insurance Buildings (Chair) Banks and Banking Insurance Motor Traffic Municipal and Private Corporations
54th R.S. - 1955 Congressional and Legislative Districts Constitutional Amendments Local and Uncontested Bills Representation Before the Legislature (Chair) School Districts
53rd R.S. - 1953 Aeronautics Congressional and Legislative Districts Constitutional Amendments Local and Uncontested Bills Public Printing

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