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Bob Turner

Bob Turner

Full Name: Robert Ray "Bob" Turner
Date of birth: August 10, 1934
Date of death: June 19, 2022

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 73 Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003 77th   Democrat Voss / Coleman   Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward
H 73 Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001 76th   Democrat Voss / Coleman   Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward
H 73 Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999 75th (1) (2)   Democrat Voss / Coleman   Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward
H 73 Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997 74th   Democrat Voss / Coleman   Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward
H 73 Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995 73rd   Democrat Coleman / Coleman   Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward
H 65 Mar 6, 1991 - Jan 12, 1993 72nd (3) (4)   Democrat Voss / Coleman   Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Runnels

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Absent for roll of members-elect, 1/14/1997. B. Turner sworn that day by Coleman County judge Sherrill L. Ragsdale, at the Coleman County Court House, stating that he would have voted for the Honorable Pete Laney for House Speaker if present, pp. 19-20. House Journal. ↩
(2) Sworn 1/14/1997. Oaths of Office. ↩
(3) Robert R. Turner, in special election 3/2/1991, sworn 3/6/1991 [House Journal, p. 608], succeeded Jim Parker, resigned 1/15/1991. Turner sworn during 72nd Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(4) Sworn 3/6/1991. Oaths of Office. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
77th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Voss / Coleman
Counties in district:
Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward

Legislatures:
76th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Voss / Coleman
Counties in district:
Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward

Legislatures:
75th (1) (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Voss / Coleman
Counties in district:
Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward

Legislatures:
74th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Voss / Coleman
Counties in district:
Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward

Legislatures:
73rd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Coleman / Coleman
Counties in district:
Bandera, Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Upton, Ward

Legislatures:
72nd (3) (4)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Voss / Coleman
Counties in district:
Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Runnels

Terms of service notes


(1) Absent for roll of members-elect, 1/14/1997. B. Turner sworn that day by Coleman County judge Sherrill L. Ragsdale, at the Coleman County Court House, stating that he would have voted for the Honorable Pete Laney for House Speaker if present, pp. 19-20. House Journal. ↩
(2) Sworn 1/14/1997. Oaths of Office. ↩
(3) Robert R. Turner, in special election 3/2/1991, sworn 3/6/1991 [House Journal, p. 608], succeeded Jim Parker, resigned 1/15/1991. Turner sworn during 72nd Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(4) Sworn 3/6/1991. Oaths of Office. ↩

Biographical Information

  • United States Army and Texas Army National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired). 76th Legislature, R.S., HR 913. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • United States Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel. "Turner, whose 35 years of service with the Army, Army Reserves, and National Guard spanned the Korean and Vietnam War eras and who served in infantry and armored divisions and in the Military Government Liaison Office, receiving numerous decorations." 72nd Legislature, 4th C.S., HR 35. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

  • Analysis of conservation easements in Chapter 183 of the Texas Natural Resources Code, "Conservation Easements Deserve Careful Study: Black's Law Dictionary Defines an Easement as a 'Right of Use Over the Property of Another'," by Bob Turner, State Representative, 73rd District, May 1996. Ranch & Rural Living.
  • Notice of death, 6/20/2022. Speaker of the House.
    • Selected newspaper articles

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