| − | '''Edward Martin Emmett''', known as '''Ed Emmett''' (born August 14, 1949),<ref name=statecemetery>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=2690|title=Edward Martin Emmett|publisher=[[Texas State Cemetery]]|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> is the former administrative county judge of Harris County in [[Houiston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. From 1979 to 1987, he was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 78 from 1979 to 1983 and then newly numbered District 127 from 1983 until 1987. | + | '''Edward Martin Emmett''', known as '''Ed Emmett''' (born August 14, 1949),<ref name=statecemetery>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=2690|title=Edward Martin Emmett|publisher=[[Texas State Cemetery]]|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> is the former administrative county judge of Harris County in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. From 1979 to 1987, he was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 78 from 1979 to 1983 and then newly numbered District 127 from 1983 until 1987. |
| | After a twenty-year hiatus from politics, he was elected as county judge to head the five-member Harris County Commissioners Court. Harris is the largest county by population in Texas. | | After a twenty-year hiatus from politics, he was elected as county judge to head the five-member Harris County Commissioners Court. Harris is the largest county by population in Texas. |