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Senate Committees:

78th General Assembly – Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization; Education; Higher Education; and Special Select Committee on Medical Malpractice Insurance.

79th General Assembly – Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization (chairman); Public Health, Welfare, Consumer Protection and Environment (chairman); Municipal Corporations (vice chairman); Appropriations; and Labor and Management Relations.

80th General Assembly – Appropriations; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization; Judiciary; Labor and Management Relations; Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations; Public Health, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection (chairman); State Health Care (vice chairman); and Urban Affairs and Housing.

81st General Assembly – Public Health, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection (chairman); Municipal Corporations, Railroads, Private Corporations, Urban Affairs and Housing (vice chairman); Apportionment, Elections, Military and Veterans Affairs; Appropriations; Constitutional Amendments and Reorganizations; Judiciary; and Labor and Management Relations.

82nd General Assembly – Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions (chairman); Fiscal Affairs (vice chairman, statutory); Judiciary (vice chairman); Public Health, Mental Health, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection (vice chairman); Appropriations; Criminal Jurisprudence; Labor and Management Relations; and Municipal Corporations, Railroad, Private Corporations, Urban Affairs and Housing.

83rd General Assembly –Judiciary (vice chairman); Ways and Means (chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Appropriations; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

84th General Assembly – Ways and Means (chairman); Judiciary (vice chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Appropriations; Interstate Cooperation; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

85th General Assembly – Gaming and Wagering (chairman, statutory); Ways and Means (chairman); Judiciary (vice chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Appropriations; Interstate Cooperation (statutory); Legislative Research (statutory); and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

86th General Assembly – Ways and Means (chairman); Judiciary (vice chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Appropriations; Ethics; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

87th General Assembly – State Budget Control (chairman); Ways and Means (chairman); Appropriations (vice chairman); Judiciary (vice chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Ethics; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

88th General Assembly – State Budget Control (chairman); Ways and Means (chairman); Appropriations (vice chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Ethics; Judiciary; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

89th General Assembly – Ways and Means (chairman); Appropriations (vice chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Ethics; Judiciary; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

90th General Assembly – Ways and Means (chairman); Public Health and Welfare (vice chairman); Appropriations; Ethics; Judiciary; and Rules, Joint Rules and Resolutions.

91st General Assembly – Aging, Families and Mental Health; Appropriations; Interstate Cooperation; Judiciary; Public Health and Welfare; Ways and Means; Select Committee on Redistricting.

Harry Wiggins served the people of the 10th District (part of Jackson County). Born in Kansas City, he received his education from Rockhurst College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree; and St. Louis University, earning a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. Senator Wiggins was an assistant U.S. district attorney in Western Missouri; State Liquor Control supervisor; Jackson County Court Western Judge; and general counsel for the Public Service Commission. He was elected to the Senate in 1974 and served as Assistant Majority Floor Leader from1979-1981; and Majority Floor Leader from 1981-1998. (Democrat)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 2001-2002