Senate Committees:
78th General Assembly – Legislative Research (vice chairman); Agriculture; Insurance; and Local Government, Fees and Salaries.
79th General Assembly – Legislative Research (chairman); Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions (vice chairman); Roads, Assignments and Clerical Force; Agriculture, Conservation, Parks, Tourism and Industrial Development; Education; and Insurance.
80th General Assembly – Accounts, Assignments and Clerical Force (vice chairman); Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Tourism; Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions (vice chairman); Insurance (vice chairman); Legislative Research (chairman); Roads, Highways and Transportation (chairman); and Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills.
81st General Assembly – Banks, Banking and Financial Institutions (chairman); Legislative Research (chairman); Ways and Means (chairman); Insurance (vice chairman); Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Miscellaneous Bills (vice chairman); Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Tourism; and State Budget Control. |
Hardin Charles Cox served the people of the 12th District (Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Sullivan and Worth counties). Born in Rock Port, he received his education from the University of Missouri earning a Bachelor of Science degree in business and public administration. Senator Cox operated insurance and real estate agencies for nearly three decades. He served in the U.S. Army in the Japan Occupation Force Signal Corps as a corporal; and the U.S. Artillery in Korea as a first lieutenant. Senator Cox was elected to the House of Representatives in 1964, and was re-elected in 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972. He was elected to the Senate in 1974, and again in 1978. During that time he served as Assistant Majority Floor Leader. (Democrat)
Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1981-1982 |