Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	45-1	Jan 14, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Corpus Christi / Nueces		Kleberg, Nueces
H	45-1	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Corpus Christi / Nueces		Kleberg, Nueces

(1) Not present at organization of the House 1/12/1971. Oath of office administered 1/14/1971, p. 37. House Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

62nd Legislature, 4th C.S., HSR 80. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
87th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HR 41. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch (Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold). Relatives: Benjamin Dudley Tarlton - grandfather, Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold - granddaughter. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold: A Noble Citizen, April 23-24, 2015, conference program, biographical sketch, and photos of Sissy Farenthold and Barbara Jordan. Presented by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin.

Other Resources

Photograph, "Where Are They Now? The Dirty Thirty," September 2001, p. 52. Texas Monthly.
"Texas (Still) Needs Farenthold," 9/21/2007, pp. 28-31. Texas Observer.
Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold: A Noble Citizen, online exhibition of Farenthold's state, national, and international career. Presented by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin.

Photographs

Photograph. Frances Tarlton Farenthold, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frances Tarlton Farenthold, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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 Constitutional Amendments Governmental Affairs and Efficiency Labor Mental Health and Mental Retardation Oil, Gas and Mining
61st R.S. - 1969 Beach Study Commerce and Manufacturing Constitutional Amendments Governmental Affairs and Efficiency Mental Health and Mental Retardation Oil, Gas and Mining Private Vocational-Technical Education

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