OH 0084 | Oral History

OH 0084

PARKER, Walt (b. 1918)

Profession: builder, Farmer-rancher
Notable: member of Sixty-first Texas Legislature
Political Service: Texas House of Representatives
Political Party: Democrat
Builder, farmer-rancher, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations; redistricting; University of Texas at Dallas; personal legislation.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 53 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview July 29, 1971

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