- Robert Gammage
Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage (born
March 13 ,1938 ) is apolitician from theU.S. state ofTexas , having served as a Democrat in theTexas House of Representatives , theTexas State Senate , and theUnited States House of Representatives .Born in Houston and attended
Milby High School there. He holds degrees fromDel Mar College and theUniversity of Corpus Christi . He holds a masters degree fromSam Houston State University and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Texas at Austin . He also earned an LLM from theUniversity of Virginia School of Law.Before Gammage entered politics, he served in the United States Army and the United States Navy. He retired as a Captain in the
United States Navy Reserve . Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, he served as a professor of law at several different colleges. Gammage worked at the University of Corpus Christi,San Jacinto College , and later theUniversity of Houston .Gammage served in the
Texas House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973. Gammage was a member of the so-called "Dirty 30," abipartisan group of legislators that pushed for reform in the wake of theSharpstown scandal in the 1970s. Gammage was a member of theTexas State Senate from 1973 to 1976. He was elected to the 95th Congress, defeating Republican incumbentRon Paul and served from 1977 until 1979, losing to Paul in the 1978 election. He then served as assistant attorney general of Texas from 1979-1980, and as a special consultant to theU.S. Department of Energy in 1980.In 1982, Gammage was elected as a justice to the Texas Court of Appeals in Austin and served in that position until 1991. He was then elected to the
Texas Supreme Court where he served from 1991 until 1995. Gammage was defeated in the 2006 primary for Texas governor by former U.S. Representative Chris Bell.Gammage currently lectures at
Texas State University in San Marcos.On
May 27 ,2008 , Gammage delivered the funeraleulogy for his former "Dirty Thirty" colleagueJoseph Hugh Allen , a former representative from Baytown.
=Texas House Bills and House Joint Resolutions written by Gam1971
*HB 249, Relating to the regulation of practice used in the collection of debts,
*HB 250, Relating to the awarding of attorney's fees in any civil action in which the court finds that equity would be served by the award,
*HB 251, Removing insurance companies from coverage exemption,
*HB 307, Relating to the definition of deceptive trade practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce,
*HB 592 Providing for the compensation to the county attorneys in certain counties,
*HB 711, Creating two family district courts for Harris County,
*HB 921, Relating to an accused's right to an examining trial before an indictment,
*HB 1356, Relating to the casting of contempt upon flags of the United States,
*HB 1357, Relating to the jurisdiction of the municipal courts of Texas and to the punishment for certain misdemeanor offenses,
*HB 1359, Relating to the abolition of the Parks and Wildlife Department and the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions to tow newly established agencies,
*HB 1660, Relating to the creation and jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain cities and the election of municipal judges,
*HB 1661, Creating the La Porte Utility District,
*HB 1743, Creating Sagemeadow Utility District,
*HB 1801, Relating to the registration and filing of financial statements by persons engaged in representations before the Legislature and state agencies,
*HB 1843, Relating to the pay of election judges and clerks,
*HB 1857, Relating to the assignment of certain retired district judges to sit in certain courts,
*HJR 76, Reducing the minimum service requirement for eligibility under the teacher retirement system from ten years to five years.External links
* [http://www.polisci.txstate.edu/people/faculty.html Texas State Political Science Faculty]
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