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Frank Owen III Full Name: Frank Owen III Date of birth: February 25, 1926 Date of death: February 20, 1999 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 S 29 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th (1)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler S 29 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th (2)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler S 29 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961 56th (3)   55th   56th (3)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso Senate President Pro Tempore (56th)   Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler S 29 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th (4)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler S 29 Nov 2, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd (5)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Midland, Reeves, Ward, Winkler H 105-3 Jan 13, 1953 - Nov 5, 1954 53rd (5)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso H 90-F Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd   Democrat Fabens / El Paso   Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth (1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. (2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators. (3) 56th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 8/6/1959. Senate Journal. (4) Richard White, in special election 12/11/1954, sworn 1/11/1955, succeeded Frank Owen III, resigned 11/5/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (5) Frank Owen III, in special election 11/2/1954, succeeded to unexpired term of James T. Rutherford, resigned 9/27/1954. 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 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 77. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 55th Legislature, R.S., SR 159. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 76th Legislature, R.S., HR 566. Resolutions - Memorial. 76th Legislature, R.S., SR 280. Resolutions - Memorial. 77th Legislature, R.S., SR 825. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Obituary and photo, Frank Owen III, "El Pasoan Was State Lawmaker," 2/23/1999, p. 2B. El Paso Times. Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2001. Memorial, April 2000, p. 402. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes United States Army Air Forces, Sergeant, World War II. Military grave marker, Frank Owen III, birth date 2/25/1926, death date 2/20/1999, burial in Memory Gardens of the Valley, Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Find a Grave. Military Service: United States Army Air Force, June 1944 to June 1946. Biographical sketch, Frank Owen III, January 14, 1959. Legislative Clipping Service. United States Army Air Corps, World War II. "Born February 25, 1926, in El Paso, Texas, Frank Owen served as a tail gunner on a B-17 in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II." 76th Legislature, R.S., SR 280. Resolutions - Memorial. United States Army Air Corps. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017. Photographs Photograph. Frank Owen III, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank Owen III, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank Owen, III, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature Photograph. Frank Owen III, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank Owen III, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank Owen III, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank Owen, III, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank Owen III, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 53rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 54th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 52nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 58th R.S. - 1963 Education   Finance   Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations   Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts   Oil and Gas (Chair)  State Affairs   Transportation   Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)  57th R.S. - 1961 Border Conference   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Interstate Cooperation   Jurisprudence   Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Oil and Gas (Chair)  Water and Conservation   56th R.S. - 1959 Agriculture and Livestock   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance (Vice Chair)  Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Oil and Gas (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Texas Commission for State Health and Welfare Services   Texas Commission on City and County Governments   Water and Conservation   55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture and Livestock   Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)  Counties, Cities and Towns (Chair)  General Investigating   Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections   Water and Conservation   54th R.S. - 1955 Aeronautics   Agriculture   Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations (Vice Chair)  Oil, Gas and Conservation   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)  Representative Districts   Senatorial Disticts   Town and City Corporations (Vice Chair)  Water Resources   53rd R.S. - 1953 Conservation and Reclamation   Criminal Jurisprudence   Federal Relations (Chair)  Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   52nd R.S. - 1951 Conservation and Reclamation   Criminal Jurisprudence   Education   State Affairs

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