L. Dean Cobb

Full Name: Lawrence Dean Cobb
Date of birth: May 16, 1936
Date of death: January 31, 2015

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	64	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Democrat	Dumas / Moore	Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman
H	77	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd	Democrat	Dumas / Moore	Dallam, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Sherman
H	77	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Democrat	Dumas / Moore	Dallam, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Sherman

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House District 64
Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975
Legislatures: 63rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dumas / Moore
Counties in district: Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman

House District 77
Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973
Legislatures: 62nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dumas / Moore
Counties in district: Dallam, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Sherman

House District 77
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dumas / Moore
Counties in district: Dallam, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Sherman

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

61st Legislature, R.S., HSR 424. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
62nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 503. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
84th Legislature, R.S., HR 2746. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Cobb, Lawrence Dean. Texas State Cemetery.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant; Texas Army National Guard. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.
Notice of death, 1/31/2015. Speaker of the House.

Photographs

Photograph. L. Dean Cobb, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L. Dean Cobb, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L. Dean Cobb, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

61st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

63rd R.S. - 1973 Agriculture and Livestock Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on the Marketing of Food and Meat Products and Contracting of Cotton and Grain Citizens' Conference on State Legislatures, Steering, Special (Operations of the House) Energy Crisis Human Resources Human Resources Subcommittee on Public Welfare (Vice Chair) Natural Resources Surface Mining Operations, Interim
62nd R.S. - 1971 Aeronautics Appropriations College Instruction and Curriculum Crime Study Criminal Jurisprudence Liquor Regulation Medical Welfare Program, Interim (Chair) Nursing Aides and Licensing of Nurses Oil, Gas and Mining (Vice Chair)
61st R.S. - 1969 Appropriations Automatic Data Processing in State Government (Vice Chair) Harris County State Office Building Higher Education Labor Livestock Military Affairs

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