Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	30	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Rosenberg / Fort Bend		Fort Bend
H	30	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Rosenberg / Fort Bend		Fort Bend, Waller

(1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

57th, 58th Legislature - name Myra Banfield. House Journal.
57th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 125. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch, Myra Davis Wilkinson Banfield (Dippel), pp. 139-143. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Dippel, Myra Davis Banfield. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

"Myra (Banfield) Dippel, who represented Fort Bend County, noted that she was 'the only person ever elected to this House on a write-in vote.'" Dallas Morning News.

Photographs

Photograph. Myra Banfield, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Mrs. Myra B. Banfield, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

58th R.S. - 1963 Conservation and Reclamation Education Labor Non-academic and Psychological Testing in Schools (Vice Chair) State Affairs State Hospitals and Special Schools (Vice Chair)
57th R.S. - 1961 Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments Labor Liquor Regulation Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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