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'''Carlos Flores Truan''' (June 9, 1935 – April 10, 2012) was a [[business]]man from [[Corpus Christi]], [[Texas]], who served for thirty-four years as a [[Democrat]] in both houses of the Texas State Legislature. He was a state representative from 1969 to 1977 and a state senator from 1977 to 2003 in Nueces County.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=7137|title=Carlos Truan obituary|publisher=[[Texas State Cemetery]]|accessdate=April 27, 2012}}</ref>
'''Carlos Flores Truan''' (June 9, 1935 – April 10, 2012) was a [[business]]man from [[Corpus Christi]], [[Texas]], who served for thirty-four years as a [[Democrat]] in both houses of the Texas State Legislature. He was a state representative from 1969 to 1977 and a state senator from 1977 to 2003 in Nueces County.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=7137|title=Carlos Truan obituary|publisher=Texas State Cemetery|accessdate=April 27, 2012}}</ref>
First elected in 1968, Truan served four terms in the Texas House. He was elected to the Senate in 1976. In 1985, he was elected by his senatorial colleagues as President Pro Tem and honored as Governor-for-a-Day.<ref name="Senator Carlos F. Truan">{{cite web|url=http://jrhigh.eeisd.org/Truan.htm|title=Senator Carlos F. Truan|publisher=jrhigh.eeisd|accessdate=April 27, 2012}}</ref> Truan served longer than any other member of the Texas Senate. In 1995, he became the first [[Hispanic]] to serve as Dean of the Texas Senate.<ref name=obit/>
First elected in 1968, Truan served four terms in the Texas House. He was elected to the Senate in 1976. In 1985, he was elected by his senatorial colleagues as President Pro Tem and honored as Governor-for-a-Day.<ref name="Senator Carlos F. Truan">{{cite web|url=http://jrhigh.eeisd.org/Truan.htm|title=Senator Carlos F. Truan|publisher=jrhigh.eeisd|accessdate=April 27, 2012}}</ref> Truan served longer than any other member of the Texas Senate. In 1995, he became the first [[Hispanic]] to serve as Dean of the Texas Senate.<ref name=obit/>