Durwood Manford

Full Name: Thomas Durwood Manford, Jr.
Date of birth: March 13, 1917
Date of death: March 24, 1988

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	67	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Smiley / Gonzales	Speaker	Gonzales
H	67	Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949	50th	Democrat	Smiley / Gonzales		Gonzales
H	67	Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947	49th	Democrat	Smiley / Gonzales		Gonzales
H	67	Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945	48th	Democrat	Smiley / Gonzales		Gonzales
H	67	Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943	47th	Democrat	Smiley / Gonzales		Gonzales

Terms of Service top

House District 67
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Smiley / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

House District 67
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949
Legislatures: 50th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Smiley / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

House District 67
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 49th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Smiley / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

House District 67
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945
Legislatures: 48th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Smiley / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

House District 67
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Smiley / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

51st Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 58, invitation to address the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 119. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 198. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 83, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
66th Legislature, R.S., HR 126, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 282, Speaker's Day tribute. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
71st Legislature, R.S., HR 646. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

60th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Durwood Manford. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Memorial, December 1988, p. 1177. Texas Bar Journal.
Manford, Jr., Thomas Durwood. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Describes Speaker Manford's involvement in the political and legislative processes through which the Gilmer-Aikins bills became law. Gilmer-Aikin Bills: a Study in the Legislative Process, 1950.
Photograph, Gilmer-Aikin Bills: a Study in the Legislative Process, 1950.

Photographs

Photograph. Durwood Manford, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Durwood Manford, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Durwood Manford, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Durwood Manford, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Durwood Manford, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Durwood Manford, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
50th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

51st R.S. - 1949 Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair)
50th R.S. - 1947 Criminal Jurisprudence Highways and Roads Judiciary Labor (Chair) Municipal and Private Corporations
49th R.S. - 1945 Appropriations (Vice Chair) Banks and Banking Constitutional Amendments Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Highways and Roads (Chair) Local and Uncontested Bills Portraits of Lieutenant Paul Eubanks and Lieutenant Duncan Hughes, Special
48th R.S. - 1943 Constitutional Amendments Game and Fisheries Highways and Roads Municipal and Private Corporations State Affairs (Chair)
47th R.S. - 1941 Constitutional Amendments Judicial Districts Live Stock and Stock Raising Revenue and Taxation

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