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. Gammage served in the military in a variety of capacities. For example, Gammage, a retired captain in the U. S. Naval reserve, has worked in both the Intelligence Service and the Judge Advocate General Corps.
From 1969 to 1979, Gammage practiced law privately in Houston. Gammage 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 one 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.
Printed material, notes, correspondence, photographs, and audio materials comprise the Robert A. Gammage Papers, 1971-1995, which document Robert Gammage’s career as a politician, lawyer, and judge. The papers include extensive legislative research and case files, which document Bob Gammage’s terms in the Texas House of Representatives (1971-1973) and Senate (1973-1976); the United States House (1977-1979); the Texas Court of Appeals (1982-1990); and the Texas Supreme Court (1990-1995). The concerns of Gammage’s Houston constituency are evident in their letters and Gammage’s work on energy issues. The Texas Supreme Court records within Gamage’s papers are arranged according to a numerical system created by Gammage’s office.
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Portions of the U. S. House of Representatives files are available on microfilm. See Miscellaneous Uncataloged Microfilm at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, reels 838.29-838.43.
Robert A. Gammage Papers, 1971-1995, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin