Senate Committees:
71st General Assembly – Conservation, Parks and Forestry (vice chairman); Judiciary; Appropriations; Education; Correctional Institutions; State Departments; and Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs.
72nd General Assembly – Correctional Institutions (chairman); Conservation, Parks, Forestry and Natural Resources (vice chairman); Appropriations; Economics and Major Expenditures; Education; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; Judiciary; and State Departments.
73rd General Assembly – Correctional Institutions (chairman); Conservation, Parks, Forestry and Natural Resources (vice chairman); Appropriations; Economics and Major Expenditures; Education; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; Judiciary; and State Departments.
74th General Assembly – Correctional Institutions (chairman); Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed (vice chairman); Conservation, Parks, Forestry and National Resources (vice chairman); Appropriations; Economic and Major Expenditures; Education; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; and Judiciary.
75th General Assembly – Judiciary (chairman); Criminal Jurisprudence (vice chairman); Education (vice chairman); Appropriations; Local Government; and Ways and Means. |
John E. Downs served the people of the 34th District (Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton and DeKalb counties). Born in St. Joseph, he received his education from St. Joseph schools and the University of Missouri, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws degree. Senator Downs was a practicing attorney and senior partner. He was assistant city counselor for St. Joseph; group attorney for the Security and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.; and a two-term prosecuting attorney of Buchanan County. During World War II, Senator Downs served as a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps in the Southwest Pacific, where he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1956. Senator Downs was elected to the Senate in 1960, and re-elected in 1962 and 1966 without opposition. (Democrat)
Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1969-1970
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