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Travis A. Peeler Full Name: Travis Alonzo Peeler Date of birth: January 17, 1925 Date of death: March 19, 2005 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 45-2 Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969 60th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Nueces H 36-2 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th (1) (2)   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Nueces H 36-2 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Nueces H 36-2 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Nueces (1) Oath of office date not found in journal. Not present at organization of House 1/12/1965. Granted leave of absence due to illness 1/12/1965, p. 5. HSR 11 wishing speedy recovery from surgery, p. 17. Listed with excused absences through 1/18/1965. Present for roll call on 1/19/1965. House Journal. (2) Undated oath of office signed by Associate Justice Paul W. Nye[?], Oaths of Office.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 11. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 29. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches Memorial, October 2005, p. 880. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources "Travis Peeler: Texan's Texas and True Friend," 3/25/2005, p. A13. Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Obituary, "Travis Peeler, Lawyer, Activist, Dies," 3/22/2005, p. B1. Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Obituary, 3/24/2005, p. 5B. Notes Peeler proposed the bill, which passed, to abolish the poll tax. Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Travis Alonzo Peeler, birth date 1/17/1925 in Atascosa County. FamilySearch Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. "Gathering of the Texas Herd," by T.J. Barragy, Journal of South Texas, Spring 1998, pp. 1-17. Included in the Lucky S&L online reference library. Describes efforts of J. Frank Dobie, Graves Peeler, et al. to save the Texas longhorn. Lucky S&L Ranch, 2004. Photographs Photograph. Travis A. Peeler, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Travis A. Peeler, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Travis A. Peeler, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Travis Peeler, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 60th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 60th R.S. - 1967 Beaches   Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair)  Judiciary   Juvenile Crime and Delinquency   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Health   59th R.S. - 1965 Constitutional Amendments   Counties   Judiciary   Language Disorders in Children   Penitentiaries   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Visit Certain Military Installations, Special   58th R.S. - 1963 Conservation and Reclamation   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections   57th R.S. - 1961 Criminal Jurisprudence   Game and Fisheries   Labor   Licensing and Examining Boards   Motor Traffic   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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