Senate Committees:

74th General Assembly – Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs (chairman); Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (vice chairman); Economic and Major Expenditures; Employment Security; Industrial, Nuclear, Aviation, Space and Water Resources; Mental Health; and Roads and Highways.

75th General Assembly – Roads and Highways (chairman); Bills Finally Passed (vice chairman); Appropriations; Criminal Jurisprudence; Employment Security; Judiciary; Municipal Corporations; Public Health and Welfare; Ways and Means; Workmen’s Compensation; and State Budget.

76th General Assembly – Labor and Management Relations (chairman); Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed and Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (vice chairman); Workmen’s Compensation (vice chairman); Aviation and Airports; Correctional Institutions; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; and Higher Education.

77th General Assembly – Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed and Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (chairman); Local Government, Fees and Salaries (chairman); Labor and Management Relations (vice chairman); Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations (vice chairman); Education; and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Edward T. Linehan served the people of the 6th District (part of St. Louis City). Born in St. Louis, he received his education from St. Louis parochial and public schools; Central Missouri State University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in education; and St. Louis University, earning Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees. Senator Linehan practiced as an attorney for 19 years. He served as a combat pilot in the 8th U.S. Air Force from 1942-1945. Senator Linehan was elected to the Senate in a special election in 1966. He was re-elected later that year and again in 1970. (Democrat)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1973-1974