George Cowden

George Malcolm Cowden (December 29, 1930 – December 20, 2025) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967, and was the second chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from 1978 to 1982.

Early life, education and military service Born in San Antonio, Cowden "spent early years raising cattle and doing ranch work on the 21,500-acre spread his father ran near Pearsall". After graduating from Pearsall High School in 1948, Cowden enrolled in John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville, Texas, but "after one semester Cowden changed his mind and transferred to Baylor University",

Cowden then joined the United States Air Force as a lieutenant, He was elected to a third term in the 60th Texas Legislature in November 1966, but was never sworn in, as he instead resigned to assume the office of assistant attorney general,

Personal life and death Cowden married Mollie Waldrop of Jackson, Tennessee, with whom he had four children.

Cowden died on December 20, 2025, at the age of 94.