Nichols, R. C., 1928-

Robert C. "Nick" Nichols, legislator in the Texas State House of Representatives, was born November 15, 1928, in Norflet, Arkansas. He graduated from high school in 1946 from Kokomo, Mississippi, and moved to Houston, Texas, in 1948, where he was employed as a welder by Rheem Manufacturing Company. During his twenty-one years at Rheem Manufacturing, he held every elective office in his local union, from shop steward to president of Local 2883, United Steel Workers of America.

Nichols' interest in politics led him to participate in politics at the grass roots level, beginning with the position of Democratic Executive Committeeman from 1959-1968; chairman, Northshore area, Harris County Democrats for four years; chairman of the 1960 Kennedy-Johnson campaign; and chairman of the 1964 Johnson-Humphrey campaign in the Northshore area of Harris County. Nichols also worked on the campaigns of Congressman Bob Eckhardt and State Senator Barbara Jordan.

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