residence succeeded children birth_place party nationality office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
waxahachie ellis county , texas john c. wray duffy p. bloemendal dallas , texas republican american texas and part of henderson county -rrb- state representative from district 10 -lrb- ellis county 1 january 1947 january 1993 frances death in auto accident -rrb- evelyn eastham pitts -lrb- married 1971-2004 , her jim pitts
 january 2015 james r. `` jim '' pitts attorney southern methodist university
jim pitts

james r. `` jim '' pitts -lrb- born january 1 , 1947 -rrb- is an american state politician and lawyer who served in the texas house of representatives from 1993 through 2015 and served as chairman of the powerful house appropriations committee for four legislative sessions .
he is a member of the republican party .
