{{Infobox officeholder
|name=O. H. Orland Harold "Ike" Harris
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Texas]] State Senator for District 8 ([[Dallas|Dallas County]])
*On more than one occasion, Harris was voted among the "Worst Members of the Legislature" by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]] during his state Senate tenure from 1967 to 1995. }}
'''Orland Harold Harris''', known as '''O. H. "Ike" Harris''' (born June 5, 1932) , is an [[attorney]] and [[lobbyist]] in the capital city of [[Austin]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.publicintegrity.org/hiredguns/reg.aspx?state=TX|title=Hired Guns|publisher=projects.publicintegrity.org|accessdate=April 18, 2010; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> who served from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1995 as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member from [[Dallas|Dallas County]] in both houses of the state legislature. He was elected to his single two-year term as a state representative in 1962. His Senate tenure in Texas began in 1967 to 1995. In his final 1993–1995 biennial term, Harris was the dean, or senior member in tenure, among all of the state senators.
Harris is particularly remembered for having authored legislation that permits parimutuel betting at [[horse]] race tracks in Texas.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://texasimpact.org/novemberspeakerbios|title=Speaker Biographies: O.H. "Ike" Harris|publisher=texasimpact.org|accessdate=April 18, 2010; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> On October 10, 2009, the racing industry honored him with its JoAnn Weber Distinguished Service Award during induction ceremonies of the Texas Racing Hall of Fame held at Retama Park in Selma, Texas, near [[San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasthoroughbred.com/images/sept09express.pdf|title=Texas Racing Commission awards 2010 racing dates|publisher=texasthoroughbred.com|accessdate=April 18, 2010; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He also worked to implement interstate banking, [[insurance]] reform, and the expansion of the University of Texas at Dallas to a four-year institution. In 1973, he was the President pro tempore of the Texas Senate in the 63rd Legislative Session.<ref name=bio/>