Pike Powers

Full Name: John Pike Powers IV
Date of birth: May 1, 1941
Date of death: October 31, 2021

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	7-B	Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979	65th	Democrat	Beaumont / Jefferson	Jefferson
H	7-2	Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977	64th	Democrat	Beaumont / Jefferson	Jefferson
H	7-2	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Democrat	Beaumont / Jefferson	Jefferson
H	9-4	Jun 15, 1972 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Beaumont / Jefferson	Jefferson

(1) J. Pike Powers, Jr., in special election 6/13/1972, sworn 6/19/1972, succeeded Will L. Smith, died 3/17/1972. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-1992, 1992.
(2) J. Pike Powers, Jr., in special election 6/13/1972, sworn 6/15/1972, succeeded Will L. Smith, died 3/17/1972. Powers' first session was 62nd 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

63rd Legislature, R.S., HCR 141. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
64th Legislature, R.S., HSR 27. John Pike Powers IV. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
68th Legislature, R.S., HCR 70. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Pike Powers photo and biographical sketch, Of Counsel. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., 2007.

Other Resources

Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.
Powers, John Pike IV. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. Pike Powers, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Pike Powers, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Pike Powers, 63rd 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 Funding Public Institutions of Higher Education, House Joint
64th R.S. - 1975 Elections (Vice Chair) Judiciary Judiciary Subcommittee on Workmen's Compensation Texas Coastal and Marine Council Texas Unemployment Compensation Act, Temporary
63rd R.S. - 1973 Judiciary Poet Laureate Selection, Special Rules State Affairs (Vice Chair) State Affairs Subcommittee on State Personnel
62nd R.S. - 1971 Emotionally Disturbed Children, Interim Scabies Eradication

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