Russell Bennett Cummings (October 6, 1925 – April 18, 2008) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 22 in Harris County from 1967 to 1971, who is best known for having worked for passage of the state's open meetings and open beaches laws. He lost his bid for a third term in the 1970 general election to Republican A. Sidney Bowers, III. According to the Houston Chronicle, Cummings was a "Democrat living in a Republican-leaning district.
| Property | Value |
|---|
| dbpedia-owl:abstract
|
- Russell Bennett Cummings (October 6, 1925 – April 18, 2008) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 22 in Harris County from 1967 to 1971, who is best known for having worked for passage of the state's open meetings and open beaches laws. He lost his bid for a third term in the 1970 general election to Republican A. Sidney Bowers, III. According to the Houston Chronicle, Cummings was a "Democrat living in a Republican-leaning district. [But But] his "legislative record was conservative enough to have satisfied conservative Republicans. " In that same election, Republican U.S. Representative George H. W. Bush lost his celebrated race against Lloyd Bentsen, for the United States Senate seat vacated by Ralph W. Yarborough, whom Bentsen had defeated in the Democratic primary.
|
| dbpedia-owl:almaMater
| |
| dbpedia-owl:birthDate
| |
| dbpedia-owl:birthPlace
| |
| dbpedia-owl:deathDate
| |
| dbpedia-owl:deathPlace
| |
| dbpedia-owl:nationality
| |
| dbpedia-owl:occupation
| |
| dbpedia-owl:orderInOffice
|
- Texas State Representative from Harris County (District 22)
|
| dbpedia-owl:party
| |
| dbpedia-owl:religion
| |
| dbpprop:after
| |
| dbpprop:almaMater
| |
| dbpprop:before
| |
| dbpprop:birthDate
| |
| dbpprop:birthPlace
| |
| dbpprop:children
|
- David Malcolm Cummings
- Karen Cummings Garrett
|
| dbpprop:dateOfBirth
| |
| dbpprop:dateOfDeath
| |
| dbpprop:deathDate
| |
| dbpprop:deathPlace
|
- Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
|
| dbpprop:footnotes
|
- 1960.0
- Cummings lost his seat in the Texas House of Representatives primarily because he was a Democrat in an increasingly Republican-leaning district.
- In his later years, Cummings operated a ranch near Hamilton, Texas.
|
| dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
| |
| dbpprop:name
|
- Russell Bennett Cummings
- Cummings, Russell Bennett
|
| dbpprop:nationality
| |
| dbpprop:occupation
| |
| dbpprop:office
|
- Texas State Representative from Harris County
|
| dbpprop:party
| |
| dbpprop:placeOfBirth
| |
| dbpprop:placeOfDeath
|
- Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
|
| dbpprop:preceded
| |
| dbpprop:religion
| |
| dbpprop:shortDescription
| |
| dbpprop:spouse
| |
| dbpprop:succeeded
| |
| dbpprop:termEnd
| |
| dbpprop:termStart
| |
| dbpprop:title
|
- Texas State Representative from Harris County (District 22)
Russell Bennett Cummings
|
| dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
| dbpprop:wordnet_type
| |
| dbpprop:years
| |
| dc:description
| |
| dcterms:subject
| |
| rdf:type
| |
| rdfs:comment
|
- Russell Bennett Cummings (October 6, 1925 – April 18, 2008) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 22 in Harris County from 1967 to 1971, who is best known for having worked for passage of the state's open meetings and open beaches laws. He lost his bid for a third term in the 1970 general election to Republican A. Sidney Bowers, III. According to the Houston Chronicle, Cummings was a "Democrat living in a Republican-leaning district.
|
| rdfs:label
| |
| owl:sameAs
| |
| wdrs:describedby
| |
| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom
| |
| foaf:givenName
| |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
| foaf:name
| |
| foaf:surname
| |
| is dbpprop:name
of | |
| is owl:sameAs
of | |
| is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |
