Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	47	Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 26, 1996	74th (1) (2)	Republican	Austin / Travis		Travis
H	47	Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995	73rd	Republican	Austin / Travis		Travis

(1) Combs resignation letter, 1/26/1996. Governor George W. Bush.
(2) Patty Keel, in special election 6/1/1996, sworn 6/14/1996, succeeded Susan Combs, resigned 1/26/1996. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• Mentioned in 74th Legislature, R.S., HCR 122, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the first female legislators. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, "Tall in the Saddle: After Spending Several Years in the Big Apple, Vassar-Educated Legislator Susan Combs Returned to Her Roots - a Hundred-Year Ranching Heritage, Where Limousines are Cows That Climb Hills," Volume 15, Number 11, May 12-18, 1995. Austin Business Journal, 1981.
• Photo and biographical sketch, pp. 252-253. Husband Joe Duran. Texas' first female Commissioner of Agriculture, elected 1998. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
• Biographical sketch and ten-point plan to make Texas agriculture a global leader, "The New Texas Agriculture Commissioner," 2/5/1999. Texas Agriculture.
• Legislative profile, 74th Legislature, 1995. "Scenes From the 74th: The Laney-Bush Session," 6/16/1995. Texas Observer.

Photographs

• Photograph. Susan Combs, 74th Legislature, Members of the 74th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Susan Combs, 74th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Susan Combs, 73rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature, 1995.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 73rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 74th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

74th R.S. - 1995 Election Contest District 58, Select   House Administration   Land and Resource Management   Natural Resources

73rd R.S. - 1993 Criminal Jurisprudence   Family Code, Interim   Natural Resources