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The Texas State Treasury Department Records, 1866-1936, 1950-1964, contains legal documents, financial records, bonds, and correspondence, which document the activities of the Treasury Dept. and its relation to other state offices. Identification: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00272. Extent (s):
Jul 1, 1995 · The office of state treasurer described in the Constitution of 1876 was established as a state office by the Constitution of 1845 and superseded a similar office in the Republic of Texas. The treasurer was elected and served for four years as head of the State Treasury Department. The major duties of the office were to receive and keep state ...
Mar 19, 2010 · Texas voters approved the change by 69 percent to 31 percent in November 1995. And Whitehead--who’d campaigned for election vowing to eliminate the agency—marked her last day in office Aug. 31 ...
Tonight we showed statewide politics is open to them." She had just become the first woman in 50 years to hold state office in Texas. Richards was a highly successful state treasurer. Until her tenure, no treasurer had ever put Texas state funds in interest-bearing accounts before paying them out for state expenditures. Her shrewd financial ...
Nov 15, 2007 · Ann Richards, state treasurer and forty-fifth governor of Texas, daughter of Cecil and Ona Willis, was born in Lacy-Lakeview, Texas, on September 1, 1933. Richards entered Waco High School in 1946 and dropped her first name Dorothy and was known as Ann thereafter. She was a member of the Waco High School debate team and was the state debate ...
On a hot Atlanta evening in July 1988, Ann Richards emerged from deep in the heart of Texas to address the Democratic National Convention as the keynote speaker. The Texas treasurer’s rousing and pointed speech—sprinkled with her characteristic one-liners—brought her national attention. It served as a turning point in her political career. Only three years later, Richards stood at ...
Jan 27, 2021 · Updated: Apr 23, 2024. Ann Richards was the first woman State Treasurer of Texas and the second woman to serve as Texas Governor. This is our tribute to her. Dorothy Ann Willis was born September 1, 1933, in Lakeview, Texas. She grew up with her parents as an only child. While growing up, she did many excellent things that help her shaped as a ...
