COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

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Elizabeth Eyre   Pellet

Chamber:House
Political Party:Democrat
Occupation:Mine Owner
Leadership Position:
House Minority Leader: 1955-56


House
Years Served House:1941; 1942; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964
District #:no district numbers until 1964
Number of Years:18
General Assembly #:33rd; 37th; 38th; 39th; 40th; 41st; 42nd; 43rd; 44th
Counties:Dolores; Montezuma; San Miguel
Notes About Member's Term:1st woman elected to top leadership position in the House of Representatives, serving as House minority leader for one term.
Gender:Female
Birth year and Place:1887
South Norwalk CT

City of Residence:Rico
Date of Death:04/07/1976
Place of Death:Dolores CO
Notes:
Ran for U.S. Representative in 1942 - lost. First woman elected to serve as House Minority Leader.

Committees
House Standing1941 -- Corporations; Livestock; Mercantile & Manufacturing Interests; Mines & Mining; State Affairs & Reapportionment
1942 -- Corporations; Livestock; Mercantile & Manufacturing Interests; Mines & Mining; State Affairs & Reapportionment
1949 -- Mines & Mining (Chair); Agriculture; Forest Reserves; Industrial Relations; Insurance; Irrigation & Water Resources; Livestock
1950 -- Mines & Mining (Chair); Agriculture; Forest Reserves; Industrial Relations; Insurance; Irrigation & Water Resources; Livestock
1951 -- Appropriations; Mines & Mining; Temperance
1952 -- Appropriations; Mines & Mining; Temperance
1953 -- Finance; Natural Resources
1954 -- Finance; Natural Resources
1955 -- Business Affairs; Finance; Natural Resources
1956 -- Business Affairs; Finance; Natural Resources
1957 -- Rules (Chair); Mining (Vice-chair); Agriculture & Livestock; Game & Fish
1958 -- Rules (Chair); Mining (Vice-chair); Agriculture & Livestock; Game & Fish
1959 -- Rules (Chair); Agriculture & Livestock; Game & Fish; Mining
1960 -- Rules (Chair); Agriculture & Livestock; Game & Fish; Mining
1961 -- Natural Resources (Chair); State Institutions (Vice-chair); Agriculture & Livestock
1962 -- Natural Resources (Chair); State Institutions (Chair) Agriculture & Livestock
1963 -- State Institutions; Appropriations; Natural Resources
1964 -- State Institutions; Appropriations; Natural Resources

Interim1954 -- Index of Laws Relating to Children
1955 -- Severance Tax (SJR 22); School District Organization-Consolidation-Reorganization (HJR 14)
1956 -- Child Welfare (HJR 12)
1957 -- Child Welfare (Chair) (HJR 11)
1958 -- Child Welfare (Chair) (HJR 11)
1959 -- Children's Laws (Chair) (HJR 8)
1960 -- Children's Laws (Chair) (HJR 8 (1959))
1961 -- Children's Laws (Chair) (HJR 9)
1962 -- Women's Prison (SJR 17); Children's Laws (Chair) (HJR 2); Board of Standards of Child Care (Chair) (HJR 14)
1963 -- State Institutions (HJR 25)
1964 -- State Institutions (HJR 1030)

Special1955 -- Governor's Commission on Organization of State Government (HB 460)