Dade Phelan
Representative · State house · Texas · District 21
Republican
Biography
Representative Dade Phelan (Beaumont) is the 76th Speaker of the Texas House and is currently serving his fifth term as State Representative for District 21. Prior to serving as Speaker, he served as Chair of the House Committee on State Affairs, as Vice-Chair of the Natural Resources Committee, as a member of the Calendars, Appropriations, and Elections Committees as well as the Select Committee on Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure. Phelan is the former president and two-time Governor appointee to the Lower Neches Valley Authority. His board service includes the Texas Lyceum, Southeast Texas CASA, Golden Triangle Coastal Conservation Association, The Jefferson Theater, St. Anne Catholic Church and Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas. In addition to his duties as Speaker, Phelan works as a real estate developer at his family's fourth generation commercial real estate development firm, which owns and manages retail, industrial and office property in Texas and Arkansas.
On the record
- Education
- The University of Texas at Austin, bachelor’s degree in Government and Business
- Profession
- real estate developer
- Born
- 1975-09-18
- Religion
- Christian: Catholic
- Family
- Married; four sons.
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room GW.8, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711 · 512-463-0706
- Phone
- 512-463-0706
- dade.phelan@house.texas.gov