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Ireland reentered politics in 1872, when he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and chaired the executive committee of the Democratic party. [9] During his time as a state legislator, Ireland backed the bill creating the University of Texas at Austin, [citation needed] was a proponent of low taxes, and favored regulating the ...
David Baird Sr. – born in County Londonderry, Ireland, US Senator; David Baird Jr. – son of David Baird Sr.; US Senator; James G. Barry – St. Louis mayor [1] William B. Barry – US Congressman; Joe Biden – current President of the United States, 47th Vice President of the United States; mother was of Irish ancestry, father of partial ...
Darden was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in the 62nd district from November 7, 1853 to November 2, 1857 and was elected to the Texas Senate in the 25th district from November 4, 1861 to January 14, 1862. [3] He was elected to represent the First Congressional District of Texas in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865 ...
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
On May 14, 2007, CBS Austin affiliate KEYE reported on the rampant multiple voting by members of the Texas House of Representatives during a voting session. [15] The report noted how representatives would race to the nearest empty seats to register votes for absent members on the legislature's automated voting machines.
The Oireachtas (/ ˈ ɛr ə k t ə s / EH-rək-təs, [1] Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland. [2] The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais): [3] a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann.
Texas's congressional districts since 2023. A long history exists of various individuals serving in the congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865.
The 2008 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 81st Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.