Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	106	Jan 11, 2005 - Jan 20, 2006	79th (1) (2) (3)	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas
H	106	Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005	78th	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas
H	106	Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003	77th	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas
H	106	Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001	76th	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas
H	106	Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999	75th	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas
H	106	Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997	74th	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas
H	106	Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995	73rd	Republican	Grand Prairie / Dallas		Dallas

(1) Allen resignation letter 1/20/2006; Governor's letter of acceptance, 1/20/2006. Governor Rick Perry.
(2) Proclamation, 1/20/2006, Ordering special election in House District 106 on 2/28/2006 to serve unexpired term of Ray Allen. Governor Rick Perry.
(3) Kirk England, in special election 2/28/2006, sworn 3/13/2006, succeeded unexpired term of Ray Allen, resigned 1/20/2006. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 73rd Legislature, R.S., HR 575. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, 78th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.
• Biographical sketch, 79th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.

Other Resources

• Notice of death, 10/23/2019; update, 10/28/2019. Speaker of the House.
• Allen, Robert Raymond. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

• Photograph. Ray Allen, 79th Legislature, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Ray Allen, 78th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Ray Allen, 77th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Ray Allen, 76th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Ray Allen, 75th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Ray Allen, 74th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Ray Allen, 73rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature, 1995.
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature, 2005.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 73rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 74th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 75th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 76th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 77th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 78th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 79th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

79th R.S. - 2005 Corrections   County Affairs (Chair)

78th R.S. - 2003 Corrections (Chair)  Government Reform   Sex Offender Statutes, Select, Interim (Vice Chair)  Water For Environmental Flows

77th R.S. - 2001 Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on Article IX   Appropriations Subcommittee on Regulatory   Corrections   House Administration

76th R.S. - 1999 Constitutional Revision, Select   Corrections   Environmental Regulation (Vice Chair)  House Administration   Windham School District, Select

75th R.S. - 1997 Corrections (Vice Chair)  Environmental Regulation

74th R.S. - 1995 Corrections   Public Safety

73rd R.S. - 1993 Criminal Jurisprudence   Public Safety   Public Safety Subcommittee on Oversight (Chair)