Joe C. Hanna

Joe C. Hanna

Full Name: Joseph Currie Hanna
Date of birth: May 19, 1920
Date of death: July 26, 2003

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 64 Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985 68th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Callahan, Haskell, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young
H 54 Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983 67th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
H 54 Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981 66th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
H 54 Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979 65th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
H 54 Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977 64th   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
H 54 Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975 63rd   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
H 53 Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973 62nd   Democrat Breckenridge / Stephens   Callahan, Eastland, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens

Terms of Service top

House District 64
Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985
Legislatures: 68th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Callahan, Haskell, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young
House District 54
Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983
Legislatures: 67th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
House District 54
Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981
Legislatures: 66th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
House District 54
Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979
Legislatures: 65th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
House District 54
Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977
Legislatures: 64th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
House District 54
Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975
Legislatures: 63rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens
House District 53
Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973
Legislatures: 62nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Breckenridge / Stephens
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Book in LRL collection, 353.9764 H196. Ladies of the House: How to Survive as the Wife of a Texas Legislator, 1993.

Military Service Notes

  • United States Navy, World War II. "Mr. Hanna willingly answered his country's call to duty in 1941, joining the U.S. Navy; he was a courageous fighter pilot in the North Atlantic and went on to command the San Luis Obispo Naval Air Station before his honorable discharge in 1945." 78th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 27. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

  • Named one of the 'Furniture'. Best and Worst Legislators 1973.
  • Given special 'Fiscal Responsibility Stops at the Wellhead' award. Best and Worst Legislators 1979.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

68th R.S. - 1983
Energy (Chair) 
Energy Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight  
State Properties, Special  
Ways and Means  
67th R.S. - 1981
Energy Resources (Chair) 
Energy Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight  
Flood Control, Select  
Public Education  
66th R.S. - 1979
Energy Resources (Chair) 
Energy Resources Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters  
Human Services  
65th R.S. - 1977
Energy Resources (Chair) 
Insurance  
Insurance Subcommittee on Property and Casualty  
State Energy Plan, House Joint  
64th R.S. - 1975
Energy Resources (Chair) 
Social Services  
Social Services Subcommittee on Rehabilitation  
63rd R.S. - 1973
Education  
Education Subcommittee on Vocational-Technical Training (Chair) 
Energy Crisis  
Natural Resources  
Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Crisis in Rural Areas (Chair) 
Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oil and Gas  
Reorganization and Modernization of Public Education (Committee of 24), Interim  
Transportation  
62nd 3rd C.S. - 1972
Revenue and Taxation  
62nd R.S. - 1971
Counties  
Extended Coverage Insurance  
Higher Education  
Highways and Roads  
House Rules and Procedures  
Livestock  
Oil and Gas Regulation  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Parks  
Revenue and Taxation, Interim  

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