George M. Parkhouse was a Democratic

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 member of both the Texas House of Representatives

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 and the Texas Senate

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 from District 8

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 Dallas County

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As of the census of 2000, there were 2,218,899 people, 807,621 households, and 533,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,523 people per square mile . There were 854,119 housing units at an average density of 971/sq mi...

. He served in the House from 1933 to 1935 (43rd term) and from 1943 to 1951 (48th-51st terms). He was elected to serve in the Senate in 1950 and held the position from 1951 until his death in 1967 (52nd-60th terms).

A Republican

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, O.H. "Ike" Harris

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, won a special election in 1967 to succeed Parkhouse.