Gammage, Robert A.

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Robert Alton (Bob) Gammage, born in Houston in 1938, served Texans in five elective offices: Texas State Representative (1971-1973), Texas State Senator (1973-1976), U.S. Representative (1977-1979), Texas Court of Appeals Judge (Austin, 1982-1991), and Texas Supreme Court Justice (1991-1995).

From the description of Gammage, Robert A., papers, 1971-1995. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56099841

Robert Alton Gammage, 1938-, born in Houston, served Texas in a variety of elective offices, such as Texas State Representative, Texas Senator, United States Representative, Texas Court of Appeals Justice (Austin), and Texas Supreme Court Justice. After serving in the military from 1969 to 1979, Gammage practiced law privately in Houston. He began his political career in 1970 when he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. In 1972, Gammage became a Texas Senator and attended the Texas Constitutional Convention, before running for the U. S. House in 1976. A Democrat, he was associated with environmental, health care, and election reform issues. In the House, he was concerned with energy issues, and later worked as a special consultant for the United States Department of Energy. After leaving Congress, Gammage served as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas and a consultant to the U. S. Department of Energy.

In 1982, Gammage was elected to the Texas Court of Appeals, and in 1990 won a statewide election to the Texas Supreme Court. As a judge, Gammage was known as a defender of civil liberties. Gammage retired in 1995 to practice law privately and teach. He has taught at Sam Houston State, Texas State, South Texas College of Law, University of Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Source: “Gammage, Robert Alton.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed March 6, 2012. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000036.

From the guide to the Gammage (Robert A. ) Papers 96-322; 97-230; 2008-318; 2010-106., 1971-1995, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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Birth 1938-03-13

Death 2012-09-10

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