Robert Gammage

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Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage (born 1938) is a Texas politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Robert "Bob" Gammage has led a life of Texas and United States politics.

Born in Houston, Texas in 1938, Gammage attended Milby High School in Houston and holds degrees from Del Mar College and the University of Corpus Christi. He holds a masters degree from Sam Houston State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin, and an LLM from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Before Gammage entered politics, he served in the United States Army and the United States Navy. He retired as a Captain (Ret.) in the United States Navy Reserve.

Gammage served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1971-1973. Gammage was a member of the so-called "Dirty 30," a bi-partisan group of legislators that pushed for reform in the wake of the Sharpstown scandal in the 1970s. Gammage was a member of the Texas State Senate from 1973-1976. He was elected to the 95th Congress and served from 1977 until 1979. He also served as assistant attorney general of Texas from 1979-1980, as a special consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy in 1980. In 1982, Gammage was elected as a justice to the Texas Court of Appeals (Austin) and served in that position until 1991. He was then elected to the Texas Supreme Court where he served from 1991 until 1995. Gammage was defeated in the 2006 primary for Texas governor by former U.S. Representative Chris Bell.

[edit] Texas House Bills and House Joint Resolutions written by Gammage

1971

HB 249, Relating to the regulation of practice used in the collection of debts,
HB 250, Relating to the awarding of attorney's fees in any civil action in which the court finds that equity would be served by the award,
HB 251, Removing insurance companies from coverage exemption,
HB 307, Relating to the definition of deceptive trade practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce,
HB 592 Providing for the compensation to the county attorneys in certain counties,
HB 711, Creating two family district courts for Harris County,
HB 921, Relating to an accused's right to an examining trial before an indictment,
HB 1356, Relating to the casting of contempt upon flags of the United States,
HB 1357, Relating to the jurisdiction of the municipal courts of Texas and to the punishment for certain misdemeanor offenses,
HB 1359, Relating to the abolition of the Parks and Wildlife Department and the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions to tow newly established agencies,
HB 1660, Relating to the creation and jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain cities and the election of municipal judges,
HB 1661, Creating the La Porte Utility District,
HB 1743, Creating Sagemeadow Utility District,
HB 1801, Relating to the registration and filing of financial statements by persons engaged in representations before the Legislature and state agencies,
HB 1843, Relating to the pay of election judges and clerks,
HB 1857, Relating to the assignment of certain retired district judges to sit in certain courts,
HJR 76, Reducing the minimum service requirement for eligibility under the teacher retirement system from ten years to five years.