Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	66	Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979	65th	Democrat	Shamrock / Wheeler	Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hall, Motley, Wheeler
H	66	Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977	64th	Democrat	Shamrock / Wheeler	Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hall, Motley, Wheeler
H	66	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Democrat	Pampa / Gray	Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hall, Motley, Wheeler
H	79	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd	Democrat	Lefors / Gray	Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Wheeler

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

84th Legislature, R.S., HR 1951. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Cates, Phillips R., "Phil." Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Phillip Ray Cates, birth date 1/6/1947 in Gray County. FamilySearch Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997.
Death notice, 7/14/2014, announcement from Texas Paint Council. Quorum Report.
Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.
Notice of death, 7/16/2014. Speaker of the House.

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

Named one of the 'Furniture'. Best and Worst Legislators 1973.

Photographs

Photograph. Phil Cates, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Phil Cates, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Phil Cates, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Phil Cates, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

62nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
63rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
64th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
65th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

65th R.S. - 1977 Appropriations
64th R.S. - 1975 Business and Industry (Vice Chair) Crime and its Control, Special Task Force Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on Pollution Control (Chair) House Administration Proposed Constitution (SJR 11) Public Health
63rd R.S. - 1973 Agriculture and Livestock Animal Health Commission Citizens' Conference on State Legislatures, Steering, Special (Operations of the House) Human Resources (Vice Chair) Human Resources Subcommittee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation Natural Resources Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Crisis in Rural Areas Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water Conservation Public Health Water Study, Interim
62nd R.S. - 1971 Conservation and Reclamation Electrology, Special, Interim Livestock Natural Resources Nursing Aides and Licensing of Nurses Oil, Gas and Mining Public Education Public Education Financing Rio Grande Water Study Scabies Eradication State Artist Selection, Special Water Development, Quality, and Conservation Youth

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