HANCE, Kent Ronald
1942–
Biography
HANCE, Kent Ronald, A Representative from Texas; born in Dimmitt, Castro County, Tex., November 14, 1942; attended the public schools of Dimmitt; B.B.A., Texas Tech University, 1965; LL.B., University of Texas School of Law, 1968; admitted to the Texas bar in 1968; lawyer, private practice; professor, Texas Tech University, 1968-1973; member of the Texas state senate, 1974-1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; changed party affiliation to Republican in 1985; was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas in 1986 and 1990; railroad commissioner of Texas, 1987-1990; chancellor of Texas Tech University system, 2006-2014.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Texas Tech University
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Lubbock, TX
Papers:
1953-1984, 192 feet.
The papers of Kent Ronald Hance include correspondence, proceedings, reports, photographs, legislative material, newsletters, news clippings, general office files, and miscellaneous items documenting his career in the Texas legislature and in the U.S. Congress. A finding aid is available in the repository.
Papers:
In the National Organization for Women Lubbock Chapter Records, 1967-1978, 1985 pages.
Correspondents include Hance.
University of Oklahoma
The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication
Norman, OK
Videocassettes:
1988-1990, 10 commercials on 2 videocassettes.
The commercials were used during Hance's campaigns for the 1988 railroad commissioner and the 1990 gubernatorial elections in Texas, Republican Party.
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