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A. M. Aikin Jr.
Alexander Mack Aikin Jr. (October 9, 1905 – October 24, 1981) was an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate as a Democrat. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1932, and after serving two terms was elected to the Senate in 1937. In total, he served for 46 years in the two chambers of the Texas Legislature, making him the longest-tenured legislator in the history of Texas at the time of his retirement in January 1979. Aikin earned a reputation as a staunch supporter of education, and was given the honorific "the father of modern Texas education". He is best known for working with Governor Beauford H. Jester to pass the Gilmer-Aikin Act of 1949. Aikin served on the Senate Finance Committee from 1937 to 1979; he was also the chair of the committee from 1967 until 1979. In 1943, Aikin also served as president ''pro tempore'' of the Senate and, in the absence of Governor Coke R. Stevenson and the Lieutenant Governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Texas Senate, District 1
District 1 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Bowie County, Texas, Bowie, Camp County, Texas, Camp, Cass County, Texas, Cass, Delta County, Texas, Delta, Franklin County, Texas, Franklin, Gregg County, Texas, Gregg, Harrison County, Texas, Harrison, Lamar County, Texas, Lamar, Marion County, Texas, Marion, Morris County, Texas, Morris, Panola County, Texas, Panola, Red River County, Texas, Red River, Rusk County, Texas, Rusk, Smith County, Texas, Smith, Titus County, Texas, Titus, Upshur County, Texas, Upshur, and Wood County, Texas, Wood counties in the United States, U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 1 is Bryan Hughes (politician), Bryan Hughes. Election history 2022 Bryan Hughes (politician), Bryan Hughes (Republican Party (US), Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Hughes was declared elected without a vote. 2020 2016 2012 2010 2006 2004 (special) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Texas Legislature
The Texas State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government and the strong constitutional connections between it and the lieutenant governor of Texas, but also due to Texas's plural executive. The Legislature is the constitutional successor of the Congress of the Republic of Texas since Texas's 1845 entrance into the Union. The Legislature held its first regular session from February 16 to May 13, 1846. Structure and operations The Texas Legislature meets in regular session on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year, one of only four states (and by far the largest) not to hold annual sessions. The Texas Constitution limits the regular sessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Milton, Texas
Milton is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ..., United States. Notes Unincorporated communities in Lamar County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{LamarCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lamar County, Texas
Lamar County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Northeast Texas region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,088. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840, and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas. Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX micropolitan statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (2.8%) are covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 82 * U.S. Highway 271 * State Highway 19 * State Highway 24 * Loop 286 Adjacent counties * Choctaw County, Oklahoma (north) * Red River County (east) * Delta County (south) * Fannin County (west) * Bryan County, Oklahoma (northwest) Communities Cities * Blossom * Deport (partly in Red River County) * Paris (county seat and largest municipality) * Reno * Roxton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
East Texas Historical Association
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification of both da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Red River County, Texas
Red River County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,587. Its county seat is Clarksville. The county was created in 1835 and organized in 1837. It is named for the Red River, which forms its northern boundary. Red River County was the birthplace of John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.9%) is water. Rivers and Lakes * Sulphur River * Red River of the South * Shawnee Creek (Texas) * Brevelle Lake Major highways * U.S. Highway 82 * U.S. Highway 271 * State Highway 37 Adjacent counties * McCurtain County, Oklahoma (north) * Bowie County (east) * Morris County (southeast) * Titus County (south) * Franklin County (southwest) * Delta County (southwest) * Lamar County (west) * Choctaw County, Oklahoma (northwest) Communities Cities * Bogata * Clarksville (county seat) * Deport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
University Of Texas At Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2023, it is also the largest institution in the system. The university is a major center for academic research, with research expenditures totaling $1.06 billion for the 2023 fiscal year. It joined the Association of American Universities in 1929. The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and the Blanton Museum of Art, and operates various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and McDonald Observatory. UT Austin's athletics constitute the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns have won four NCAA Division I National Football Championships, six NCAA Division I National Baseball Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Acting Governor
An acting governor is a person who acts in the role of governor. In Commonwealth jurisdictions where the governor is a vice-regal position, the role of "acting governor" may be filled by a lieutenant governor (as in most Australian states) or an administrator. In some U.S. states, it is a constitutional position created when the governor dies in office or resigns. In other states, the governor may also be declared to be incapacitated and unable to function for various reasons including illness and absence from the state for more than a specified period. In these instances, the state constitution will declare which official is to serve as governor and whether this person will have all of the powers of the office or only specified ones. In many states, the person succeeding to the governorship or becoming acting governor is the lieutenant governor; however, not all states have such a position. If the state constitution provides for an acting governor in the event of the govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lieutenant Governor Of Texas
The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive officer, executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the United States, U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board. Under the provisions of the Constitution of Texas, Texas Constitution, the lieutenant governor is president of the Texas Senate. Unlike with most other states' senates and the U.S. Senate, the lieutenant governor regularly presides over the chamber rather than delegating this function to the president pro tempore or a Majority Leader, majority leader. By the rules of the Senate, the lieutenant governor establishes all special and standing committees, appoints all chairpersons and members, and assigns all Senate legislation to the committee of his choice. The lieutenant governor decides all questions of parliamentary procedure in the Senate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Coke R
Coke usually refers to: * Coke (fuel), a coal-based fuel * Coca-Cola, a brand of soft drink **The Coca-Cola Company * Slang term for cocaine, an illicit drug Coke may also refer to: People * Coke (surname), a list of people * Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), English barrister, judge, and politician * Edward Coke, Viscount Coke (1719–1753), British Member of Parliament * Coke Daniels, American film director, screenwriter and producer nicknamed "Coke" * Coke Escovedo (1941–1986), American percussionist nicknamed "Coke" * Coke Reed (born 1940), American mathematician * Coke R. Stevenson (1888–1975), governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947 * Coke (footballer), Spanish footballer Jorge Andújar Moreno (born 1987) * Coke La Rock (born 1955), American rapper * Coco, sometimes spelled Coke, a Karankawa tribe concentrated in Texas, United States Other uses * Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola * Generic name for a soft drink * ''Coke'' (album), a 1975 album by Coke Escovedo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Governor Of Texas
The governor of Texas is the head of state of the U.S. state of Texas. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the government of Texas and is the commander-in-chief of the Texas Military Forces. Established in the Constitution of Texas, the governor's responsibilities include ensuring the enforcement of state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Texas Legislature, overseeing state agencies, issuing executive orders, proposing and overseeing the state budget, and making key appointments to state offices. The governor also has the power to call special sessions of the legislature and, with the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, grant pardons. QualificationsArticle IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of Texas sets three qualifications for candidates for gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Presidents Pro Tempore Of The Texas Senate
President ''pro tempore'' (often shortened to ''pro tem'') of the Texas Senate is a largely honorary position, and is third in the line for the governorship of Texas. If the Governor of Texas, governor and Lieutenant Governor of Texas, lieutenant governor are both out of the state, the president ''pro tempore, pro '' is acting governor in their absence. At the beginning of each session, the Senate elects one member to serve as the president ''pro tempore'' when the lieutenant governor is absent or that office becomes vacant. A different member of the Senate (usually a senior member, but unlike in some bodies, it is not based on seniority) is elected at the end of the session to serve as president ''pro tempore'' during the interim when the state legislature is not in session. The Senate traditionally honors presidents ''pro tempore'' once during their term by having the governor and lieutenant governor leave the state on the same day and inaugurating the president ''pro tempore'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
