Papers (1926-1992)

John Dowdy represented Texas’ 7th Congressional District from 1952 to 1967 and Texas’ 2nd Congressional District from 1967 to 1973. Prior public serviced included district attorney in the 3rd Judicial District in East Texas.

Papers (1991-2010)

Chet Edwards was first elected to the U. S. Congress to represent Texas’ 11th Congressional District in 1990, where he served until 2005; and then Texas’ 17th Congressional District from 2005 until 2010. Prior to his time in the U. S. Congress, Chet’s life of public service began in 1982 when he was elected the youngest Texas state senator when he was 31. Edwards served in the Texas senate until 1991.

Papers (1935-1978)

O.C. Fisher represented Texas’ 21st Congressional District from 1942 until 1974. Fisher was a conservative Democrat that actively opposed big government, big spending, the New Deal, Fair Deal, New Frontier and the Great Society.

Papers (1935-1953)

Ed Lee Gossett represented Texas's 13th Congressional District beginning in 1939. In July 1951, Gossett resigned his congressional office and resumed private practice as the general attorney for the Texas Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., and also served as Judge of Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas.

Papers (1969-1985)

Sam B. Hall, Jr. began his congressional career in 1976 when he won a special election to replace Congressman Wright Patman who died while in office. Hall represented Texas’ 1st Congressional District from 1976-1984. A conservative Democrat, Hall was appointed as a federal district judge by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Papers (1896-2013)

Elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1974, Jack Hightower served Texas’ 13th Congressional District until he was defeated in 1984. He was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1988.

Papers (1967-1998)

In 1969 and 1975, Hogan served on the Minority Counsel, District of Columbia Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1975-1979, he served on the Associate Minority Counsel, Committee on Agriculture. From 1979-1995, he served on the Minority Counsel, Committee on Agriculture.

Papers (1979-1991)

Marvin Leath succeeded Rep. Bob Poage and served Texas’ 11th Congressional District from 1979 until 1991. In 1991, he founded a DC-based consulting firm representing the interests of military contractors.

Papers (1940-2018)

The Mattie Mae McKee papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and literary productions compiled by McKee while she worked as a congressional aide for five U.S. Representatives and Senators from 1968 to 1989. Most of the materials relate directly to her book published in 2014, In the Shadow of the Greats: From Texas' Square Roots to Capitol Hill's Inner Circle.

Hyde Murray worked for the Office of General Counsel, U. S. Department of Agriculture, for 10 months in 1958 before he joined the staff of the House Committee on Agriculture. There he served more than 20 years as minority counsel on the House Agriculture Committee and almost a decade as counsel to the Minority Leader.

Papers (1947-2009)

The Edmund L. Nichols papers encompass the government career of Ed Nichols, including his service with the Texas Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and diplomatic service abroad as a U.S. agricultural counselor in several European countries.

Papers (1955-1976)

Patman served in the Texas State House of Representatives from 1924-1929, when he was elected as a Democrat to the 71st Congress. He served the 1st Congressional District from 1929 until his death on March 4, 1976. He was succeeded in office by Sam B. Hall.

Papers (1944-1952)

Thomas A. Pickett was elected to the U. S. Congress in 1944 from Texas’ 7th Congressional District. Following his time in Congress Pickett served as vice-president of the National Coal Association (1952-1961) and the Association of American Railroads (1961-1968).

Papers (1848-1994)

Bob Poage served as U. S. Representative from Texas’ 11th Congressional District from 1937 to 1978. His service coincided with an era of great influence for Texas and southern congressmen both on Capitol Hill and in the Democratic Party. Poage chaired the House Agriculture Committee from 1967 until 1974.

Papers (1890-1912)

William R. Smith, Sr. was elected to the U. S. Congress in 1903 to represent Texas’ 16th Congressional District and served until 1917. Upon leaving Congress, President Wilson appointed Smith U. S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas.

Papers (1972-1976)

Alan Steelman was a U. S. Congressman from Texas’ 5th Congressional District, serving from 1973-1976. At age 29, he was the youngest member of Congress. TIME magazine listed him among the "200 Emerging Young National Leaders" in their 1974 special issue. In 1976 he ran for the U.S. Senate as a Republican and lost.

Papers (1931-1966)

The Clark Thompson papers focus on his years of service in the United States House of Representatives for Texas District 7 and 9. The papers range from 1931 to 1966, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1959-1966, the last few years of Thompson's time in Washington.

Papers, Inclusive (1964-2009)

Fowler West became a staff assistant to Congressman W. R. Poage in 1963. From 1965 to 1969, he was on the professional staff of the House Committee on Agriculture. Then in 1969 and until 1971, he served as Congressman Poage's Chief of Staff.

In 1971, West returned to the House Committee on Agriculture as a staff consultant where he served as a legislative professional. He was promoted to Staff Director of the Committee in 1973 and served under Committee Chairmen W. R. Poage, 1973-1974; Thomas S. Foley, 1975-1980; and Kika de la Garza, 1981-1982.

President Ronald Reagan appointed Fowler West a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 1982.