List of United States Representatives from Texas
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from Texas. The list of names should be complete as of April 6, 2018, but other data may be incomplete.
Current members
As of June 30, 2018
- Texas's 1st district: Louie Gohmert (R) (since 2005)
- Texas's 2nd district: Ted Poe (R) (since 2005)
- Texas's 3rd district: Sam Johnson (R) (since 1991)
- Texas's 4th district: John Ratcliffe (R) (since 2015)
- Texas's 5th district: Jeb Hensarling (R) (since 2003)
- Texas's 6th district: Joe Barton (R) (since 1985)
- Texas's 7th district: John Culberson (R) (since 2001)
- Texas's 8th district: Kevin Brady (R) (since 1997)
- Texas's 9th district: Al Green (D) (since 2005)
- Texas's 10th district: Michael McCaul (R) (since 2005)
- Texas's 11th district: Mike Conaway (R) (since 2005)
- Texas's 12th district: Kay Granger (R) (since 1997)
- Texas's 13th district: Mac Thornberry (R) (since 1995)
- Texas's 14th district: Randy Weber (R) (since 2013)
- Texas's 15th district: Vicente González (D) (since 2017)
- Texas's 16th district: Beto O'Rourke (D) (since 2013)
- Texas's 17th district: Bill Flores (R) (since 2011)
- Texas's 18th district: Sheila Jackson Lee (D) (since 1995)
- Texas's 19th district: Jodey Arrington (R) (since 2017)
- Texas's 20th district: Joaquín Castro (D) (since 2013)
- Texas's 21st district: Lamar S. Smith (R) (since 1987)
- Texas's 22nd district: Pete Olson (R) (since 2009)
- Texas's 23rd district: Will Hurd (R) (since 2015)
- Texas's 24th district: Kenny Marchant (R) (since 2005)
- Texas's 25th district: Roger Williams (R) (since 2013)
- Texas's 26th district: Michael Burgess (R) (since 2003)
- Texas's 27th district: Michael Cloud (R) (since 2018)
- Texas's 28th district: Henry Cuellar (D) (since 2005)
- Texas's 29th district: Gene Green (D) (since 1993)
- Texas's 30th district: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) (since 1993)
- Texas's 31st district: John Carter (R) (since 2003)
- Texas's 32nd district: Pete Sessions (R) (since 1997)
- Texas's 33rd district: Marc Veasey (D) (since 2013)
- Texas's 34th district: Filemon Vela, Jr. (D) (since 2013)
- Texas's 35th district: Lloyd Doggett (D) (since 1995)
- Texas's 36th district: Brian Babin (R) (since 2015)
Complete list of Representatives
Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Joseph Abbott | Democratic | 6th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1897 | Hillsboro | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Bruce Alger | Republican | 5th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Michael A. Andrews | Democratic | 25th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995 | Houston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Edwin Le Roy Antony | Democratic | 9th | June 14, 1892 – March 4, 1893 | Cameron | [Data unknown/missing.] |
William Reynolds Archer, Jr. | Republican | 7th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 2001 | Houston | Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee (1995–2001) |
Dick Armey | Republican | 26th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003 | Irving | House Majority Leader (1995–2003) |
Jodey Arrington | Republican | 19th | January 3, 2017 – present | Lubbock | Incumbent |
Brian Babin | Republican | 36th | January 3, 2015 – present | Woodville | Incumbent |
Joseph Weldon Bailey | Democratic | 5th | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1901 | Gainesville | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. | Democratic | At large | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Thomas Henry Ball | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 | Huntsville | [Data unknown/missing.] |
8th | March 4, 1903 – November 16, 1903 | Resigned | |||
Steve Bartlett | Republican | 3rd | January 3, 1983 – March 11, 1991 | Dallas | Resigned to become Mayor of Dallas |
Joe Barton | Republican | 6th | January 3, 1985 – present | Ennis | Incumbent |
James Andrew Beall | Democratic | 5th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1915 | Waxahachie | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Lindley Beckworth | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953 | Gladewater | |
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 | |||||
Carlos Bee | Democratic | 14th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Charles K. Bell | Democratic | 8th | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 | Fort Worth | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Chris Bell | Democratic | 25th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | Houston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John J. Bell | Democratic | 14th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | Cuero | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Peter Hansborough Bell | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 | Austin | Previously 3rd Governor of Texas (1849–1853) |
Ken Bentsen, Jr. | Democratic | 25th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 | Houston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Lloyd Bentsen | Democratic | 15th | December 4, 1948 – January 3, 1955 | McAllen | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Eugene Black | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1929 | Clarksville | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Thomas L. Blanton | Democratic | 16th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | Abilene | |
17th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1929 | ||||
May 20, 1930 – January 3, 1937 | |||||
Henry Bonilla | Republican | 23rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Beau Boulter | Republican | 13th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1989 | Amarillo | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John C. Box | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1931 | Jacksonville | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Kevin Brady | Republican | 8th | January 3, 1997 – present | The Woodlands | Incumbent |
Clay Stone Briggs | Democratic | 7th | March 4, 1919 – April 29, 1933 | Galveston | Died |
Moses L. Broocks | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | San Augustine | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jack Brooks | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1967 | Beaumont | |
9th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1995 | ||||
Guy M. Bryan | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | Brazoria | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Wiley Bryant | Democratic | 5th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James P. Buchanan | Democratic | 10th | April 15, 1913 – February 22, 1937 | Brenham | Died |
George Farmer Burgess | Democratic | 10th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | Gonzales | |
9th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1917 | ||||
Michael Burgess | Republican | 26th | January 3, 2003 – present | Flower Mound | Incumbent |
Robert E. Burke | Democratic | 6th | March 4, 1897 – June 5, 1901 | Dallas | Died |
Albert S. Burleson | Democratic | 9th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903 | Austin | [Data unknown/missing.] |
10th | March 4, 1903 – March 6, 1913 | Resigned after being appointed Postmaster General of the US Postal Service | |||
Omar Burleson | Democratic | 17th | January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1978 | Anson | Resigned |
George H. W. Bush | Republican | 7th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 | Houston | Ran for U.S. Senate (lost) |
Albert Bustamante | Democratic | 23rd | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Earle Cabell | Democratic | 5th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Oscar Callaway | Democratic | 12th | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1917 | Comanche | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Quico Canseco | Republican | 23rd | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Carter | Republican | 31st | January 3, 2003 – present | Round Rock | Incumbent |
Robert R. Casey | Democratic | 22nd | January 3, 1959 – January 22, 1976 | Houston | Resigned to become commissioner to the United States Maritime Commission |
Joaquín Castro | Democratic | 20th | January 3, 2013 – present | San Antonio | Incumbent |
Jim Chapman | Democratic | 1st | August 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997 | Sulphur Springs | [Data unknown/missing.] |
William Thomas Clark | Republican | 3rd | March 31, 1870 – May 13, 1872 | Galveston | Lost contested election |
Michael Cloud | Republican | 27th | June 30, 2018 – present | Victoria | Incumbent |
Jeremiah V. Cockrell | Democratic | 13th | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 | Anson | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ronald D. Coleman | Democratic | 16th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | El Paso | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James M. Collins | Republican | 3rd | August 24, 1968 – January 3, 1983 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Larry Combest | Republican | 19th | January 3, 1985 – May 31, 2003 | Lubbock | Resigned |
Jesse M. Combs | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 | Beaumont | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Mike Conaway | Republican | 11th | January 3, 2005 – present | Midland | Incumbent |
Tom Connally | Democratic | 11th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1929 | Marlin | U.S. Senator (1929–1953) |
John C. Conner | Democratic | 2nd | March 31, 1870 – March 4, 1873 | Sherman | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Samuel B. Cooper | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1905 | Beaumont | |
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||||
William H. Crain | Democratic | 7th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1893 | Cuero | [Data unknown/missing.] |
11th | March 4, 1893 – February 10, 1896 | Died | |||
John W. Cranford | Democratic | 4th | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | Sulphur Springs | Died |
Oliver H. Cross | Democratic | 11th | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937 | Waco | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Miles Crowley | Democratic | 10th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | Galveston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 28th | January 3, 2005 – present | Laredo | Incumbent |
David B. Culberson | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1883 | Jefferson | |
4th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1897 | ||||
John Culberson | Republican | 7th | January 3, 2001 – present | Houston | Incumbent |
James H. Davis | Democratic | At large | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | Sulphur Springs | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Reese C. De Graffenreid | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1897 – August 29, 1902 | Longview | Died |
Kika de la Garza | Democratic | 15th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1997 | Mission | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Edward Degener | Republican | 4th | March 31, 1870 – March 4, 1871 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Tom DeLay | Republican | 22nd | January 3, 1985 – June 9, 2006 | Sugar Land | Resigned |
Martin Dies, Sr. | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1919 | Beaumont | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Martin Dies, Jr. | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1945 | Orange | |
At large | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | Lufkin | |||
Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 10th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005 | Austin | [Data unknown/missing.] |
25th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||
35th | January 3, 2013 – present | Incumbent | |||
John Dowdy | Democratic | 7th | September 23, 1952 – January 3, 1967 | Athens | |
2nd | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | ||||
Joe H. Eagle | Democratic | 8th | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 | Houston | |
January 28, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | |||||
Robert C. Eckhardt | Democratic | 8th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1981 | Houston | Nephew of Harry M. Wurzbach |
Chet Edwards | Democratic | 11th | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2005 | Waco | |
17th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011 | ||||
Lemuel D. Evans | Know-nothing | 1st | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | Marshall | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Blake Farenthold | Republican | 27th | January 3, 2011 – April 6, 2018 | Corpus Christi | Resigned |
Scott Field | Democratic | 6th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1907 | Calvert | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jack Fields | Republican | 8th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997 | Humble | [Data unknown/missing.] |
O. C. Fisher | Democratic | 21st | January 3, 1943 – December 31, 1974 | San Angelo | Resigned after open heart surgery |
Bill Flores | Republican | 17th | January 3, 2011 – present | Bryan | Incumbent |
Ed Foreman | Republican | 16th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Odessa | Lost to Richard Crawford White |
Martin Frost | Democratic | 24th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2005 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Pete Gallego | Democratic | 23rd | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | Alpine | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Robert Gammage | Democratic | 22nd | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | Houston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Nance Garner | Democratic | 15th | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933 | Uvalde | 44th Speaker of the House (1931–1933); Resigned to become 32nd Vice President (1933–1941) |
Clyde L. Garrett | Democratic | 17th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 | Eastland | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Daniel E. Garrett | Democratic | At large | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | Houston | |
March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||||
8th | March 4, 1921 – December 13, 1932 | Died | |||
Brady P. Gentry | Democratic | 3rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 | Tyler | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Pete Geren | Democratic | 12th | September 12, 1989 – January 3, 1997 | Fort Worth | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Dewitt Clinton Giddings | Democratic | 3rd | May 13, 1872 – March 4, 1875 | Brenham | |
5th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | ||||
Oscar W. Gillespie | Democratic | 12th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911 | Fort Worth | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Louie Gohmert | Republican | 1st | January 3, 2005 – present | Tyler | Incumbent |
Charlie Gonzalez | Democratic | 20th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Henry B. Gonzalez | Democratic | 20th | November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Vicente González | Democratic | 15th | January 3, 2017 – present | McAllen | Incumbent |
Ed Gossett | Democratic | 13th | January 3, 1939 – July 31, 1951 | Wichita Falls | Resigned |
Phil Gramm | Democratic | 6th | January 3, 1979 – January 5, 1983 | College Station | Changed parties |
Republican | February 12, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | U.S. Senator (1985–2002) | |||
Kay Granger | Republican | 12th | January 3, 1997 – present | Fort Worth | Incumbent |
Al Green | Democratic | 9th | January 3, 2005 – present | Houston | Incumbent |
Gene Green | Democratic | 29th | January 3, 1993 – present | Houston | Incumbent |
Alexander W. Gregg | Democratic | 7th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1919 | Palestine | Chairman of House War Claims Committee (1913–1919) |
Walter Gresham | Democratic | 10th | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | Galveston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ben H. Guill | Republican | 18th | May 6, 1950 – January 3, 1951 | Pampa | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ralph Hall | Democratic | 4th | January 3, 1981 – January 5, 2004 | Rockwall | |
Republican | January 5, 2004 – January 3, 2015 | ||||
Sam B. Hall, Jr. | Democratic | 1st | June 19, 1976 – May 27, 1985 | Marshall | Resigned to become US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas |
Andrew Jackson Hamilton | Independent Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | Austin | Later 11th Governor of Texas (1865–1866) |
Kent Hance | Democratic | 19th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | Lubbock | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Hancock | Democratic | 4th | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 | Austin | |
5th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | ||||
10th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | ||||
Rufus Hardy | Democratic | 6th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1923 | Corsicana | Chairman of House Expenditures in the Navy Department Committee (1911–1919) |
Silas Hare | Democratic | 5th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891 | Sherman | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Robert B. Hawley | Republican | 10th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1901 | Galveston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Robert Lee Henry | Democratic | 7th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 | Waco | Chairman of House Rules Committee (1911–1917) |
11th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1917 | ||||
Jeb Hensarling | Republican | 5th | January 3, 2003 – present | Dallas | Incumbent |
William S. Herndon | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 | Tyler | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jack English Hightower | Democratic | 13th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985 | Vernon | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Rubén Hinojosa | Democratic | 15th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2017 | Mercedes | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Volney Howard | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853 | San Antonio | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Claude Benton Hudspeth | Democratic | 16th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1931 | El Paso | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Will Hurd | Republican | 23rd | January 3, 2015 – present | Helotes | Incumbent |
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 | Houston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Frank N. Ikard | Democratic | 13th | September 8, 1951 – December 15, 1961 | Wichita Falls | Resigned |
Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 18th | January 3, 1995 – present | Houston | Incumbent |
Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic | 30th | January 3, 1993 – present | Dallas | Incumbent |
Luther Alexander Johnson | Democratic | 6th | March 4, 1923 – July 17, 1946 | Corsicana | Resigned to become a justice of the Tax Court of the United States |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 10th | April 10, 1937 – January 3, 1949 | Johnson City | U.S. Senator (1949–1961) |
Sam Johnson | Republican | 3rd | May 8, 1991 – present | Plano | Incumbent |
George Washington Jones | Greenback | 5th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 | Bastrop | Previously 10th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1866–1867) |
James H. Jones | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887 | Henderson | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Marvin Jones | Democratic | 13th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | Amarillo | Redistricting |
18th | March 4, 1919 – November 20, 1940 | Resigned to become judge, United States Court of Claims (1940–1943) | |||
Barbara Jordan | Democratic | 18th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 | Houston | Retired |
David S. Kaufman | Democratic | 1st | March 30, 1846 – January 31, 1851 | Lowes Ferry | Died; namesake of Kaufman County, Texas |
Abraham Kazen | Democratic | 23rd | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985 | Laredo | Lost primary |
Paul J. Kilday | Democratic | 20th | January 3, 1939 – September 24, 1961 | San Antonio | Resigned to become judge on what was then United States Court of Military Appeals (1961–1968) |
Constantine B. Kilgore | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1895 | Wills Point | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Joe M. Kilgore | Democratic | 15th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 | McAllen | Retired |
Richard M. Kleberg | Democratic | 14th | November 24, 1931 – January 3, 1945 | Corpus Christi | Lost primary |
Rudolph Kleberg | Democratic | 11th | April 7, 1896 – March 4, 1903 | Cuero | Retired |
Bob Krueger | Democratic | 21st | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 | New Braunfels | Later U.S. Senator (1993) |
Nick Lampson | Democratic | 9th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005 | Beaumont | |
22nd | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | Lost re-election | |||
Fritz G. Lanham | Democratic | 12th | April 19, 1919 – January 3, 1947 | Fort Worth | Retired |
S. W. T. Lanham | Democratic | 11th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1893 | Weatherford | Ran for governor (lost) |
8th | March 4, 1897 – January 15, 1903 | Resigned to take office as 23rd Governor of Texas (1903–1907) | |||
Greg Laughlin | Democratic | 14th | January 3, 1989 – June 26, 1995 | West Columbia | Changed parties |
Republican | June 26, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | Lost primary runoff | |||
Marvin Leath | Democratic | 11th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991 | Waco | Retired |
Robert Quincy Lee | Democratic | 17th | March 4, 1929 – April 18, 1930 | Cisco | Died |
Mickey Leland | Democratic | 18th | January 3, 1979 – August 7, 1989 | Houston | Died |
Robert M. Lively | Democratic | 3rd | July 23, 1910 – March 4, 1911 | Canton | Declined nomination |
Tom Loeffler | Republican | 21st | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 | Hunt | Ran for governor (lost) |
John B. Long | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | Rusk | Lost primary |
Wingate H. Lucas | Democratic | 12th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955 | Grapevine | Lost primary |
John E. Lyle, Jr. | Democratic | 14th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1955 | Corpus Christi | Retired |
George H. Mahon | Democratic | 19th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1979 | Colorado City | Chairman of Appropriations Committee (1963–1979) Chairman of Joint Reduction of Federal Expenditures Committee (1967–1975) |
Joseph J. Mansfield | Democratic | 9th | March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947 | Columbus | Died; Chairman of Rivers and Harbors Committee (1931–1947) |
Kenny Marchant | Republican | 24th | January 3, 2005 – present | Carrollton | Incumbent |
William Harrison Martin | Democratic | 2nd | November 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891 | Athens | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jim Mattox | Democratic | 5th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Maury Maverick | Democratic | 20th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | San Antonio | Lost primary |
A. Jeff McLemore | Democratic | At-Large | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1919 | Houston | Redistricting |
Michael McCaul | Republican | 10th | January 3, 2005 – present | Austin | Incumbent |
Augustus McCloskey | Democratic | 14th | March 4, 1929 – February 10, 1930 | San Antonio | Election contested |
William D. McFarlane | Democratic | 13th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Graham | Lost primary |
William P. McLean | Democratic | 2nd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | Mount Pleasant | Retired |
Dale Milford | Democratic | 24th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 | Grand Prairie | Lost primary |
James Francis Miller | Democratic | 8th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887 | Gonzales | Declined nomination |
Roger Q. Mills | Democratic | At-Large | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | Corsicana | Redistricting |
4th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1883 | Redistricting | |||
9th | March 4, 1883 – March 23, 1892 | Resigned to become U.S. Senator (1892–1899) | |||
John M. Moore | Democratic | 8th | December 4, 1905 – March 4, 1913 | Richmond | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Littleton W. Moore | Democratic | 8th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 | La Grange | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Randy Neugebauer | Republican | 19th | June 3, 2003 – January 3, 2017 | Lubbock | [Data unknown/missing.] |
George H. Noonan | Republican | 12th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | San Antonio | Lost re-election |
Beto O'Rourke | Democratic | 16th | January 3, 2013 – present | El Paso | Incumbent |
Thomas P. Ochiltree | Independent | 7th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | Galveston | Retired |
Pete Olson | Republican | 22nd | January 3, 2009 – present | Sugar Land | Incumbent |
Solomon P. Ortiz | Democratic | 27th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011 | Corpus Christi | Lost general |
Lucian W. Parrish[1] | Democratic | 13th | March 4, 1919 – March 27, 1922 | Henrietta | Died |
Thomas M. Paschal[2] | Democratic | 12th | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | Castroville | Lost primary |
William Neff Patman | Democratic | 14th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1985 | Ganado | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Wright Patman | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1929 – March 7, 1976 | Texarkana | Died; Chairman of House Select Small Business Committee (1949–1953, 1955–1963) Chairman of Joint Economic Committee (1957–1959, 1961–1963, 1965–1967, 1969–1971, 1973–1975) Chairman of Joint Defense Production Committee (1963–1965, 1967–1969, 1971–1973, 1975–1976) Chairman of House Banking and Currency Committee (1963–1975) |
Nat Patton | Democratic | 7th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945 | Crockett | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ron Paul | Republican | 22nd | April 3, 1976 – January 3, 1977 | Lake Jackson | Lost re-election |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | Ran for U.S. Senate (lost) | ||||
14th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 | Father of U.S. Senator Rand Paul | |||
George C. Pendleton | Democratic | 7th | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 | Belton | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Tom Pickett | Democratic | 7th | January 3, 1945 – June 30, 1952 | Palestine | Resigned to become Vice-President of the National Coal Association |
J. J. Pickle | Democratic | 10th | December 21, 1963 – January 3, 1995 | Austin | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Timothy Pilsbury | Democratic | 2nd | March 30, 1846 – March 4, 1849 | Brazoria | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John M. Pinckney | Democratic | 8th | November 17, 1903 – April 24, 1905 | Hempstead | Killed |
William R. Poage | Democratic | 11th | January 3, 1937 – December 31, 1978 | Waco | Resigned; Chairman of House Agriculture Committee (1967–1975) |
Ted Poe | Republican | 2nd | January 3, 2005 – present | Humble | Incumbent |
Joe R. Pool | Democratic | At large | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 | Dallas | Redistricting (see Wesberry v. Sanders, 1964) |
3rd | January 3, 1967 – July 14, 1968 | Died | |||
Bob Price | Republican | 18th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | Pampa | |
13th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | ||||
Graham B. Purcell, Jr. | Democratic | 13th | January 27, 1962 – January 3, 1973 | Wichita Falls | Redistricting |
Choice B. Randell | Democratic | 5th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | Sherman | Redistricting |
4th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1913 | Ran for U.S. Senate (lost) | |||
John Ratcliffe | Republican | 4th | January 3, 2015 – present | Heath | Incumbent |
Sam Rayburn | Democratic | 4th | March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 | Bonham | Died; longest tenured Speaker of the House (1940–1947), (1949–1953), (1955–1961); Majority Leader (1937–1940); Minority Leader (1947–1949), (1953–1955); longest serving member of Congress from Texas until at least 2023 |
John Henninger Reagan | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 | Palestine | Resigned due to the outbreak of the Civil War; member of the Provisional Confederate Congress; 1st Confederate Postmaster (1861–1865); 3rd Confederate Treasury Secretary (1865) |
March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1883 | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||
2nd | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887 | Re-elected in 1886, but resigned after being elected to the U.S. Senate (1887–1891); resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas | |||
Kenneth M. Regan | Democratic | 16th | August 23, 1947 – January 3, 1955 | Midland | Lost primary |
Silvestre Reyes | Democratic | 16th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 | El Paso | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ray Roberts | Democratic | 4th | January 30, 1962 – January 3, 1981 | McKinney | Retired; Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (1975–1981) |
Ciro Rodriguez | Democratic | 28th | April 17, 1997 – January 3, 2005 | San Antonio | |
23rd | 2007–2011 | ||||
Walter Rogers | Democratic | 18th | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1967 | Pampa | Retired |
Gordon J. Russell | Democratic | 3rd | November 4, 1902 – June 14, 1910 | Tyler | Resigned to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1910–1919d) |
Sam M. Russell | Democratic | 17th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 | Stephenville | [Data unknown/missing.] |
J. T. Rutherford | Democratic | 16th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 | Odessa | Lost general |
Morgan G. Sanders | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1939 | Canton | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Max Sandlin | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005 | Marshall | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Bill Sarpalius | Democratic | 13th | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 | Amarillo | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Joseph D. Sayers | Democratic | 10th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1893 | Bastrop | Redistricting |
9th | March 4, 1893 – January 16, 1899 | Chairman of House Appropriations Committee (1893–1895); resigned to take office as 22nd Governor of Texas (1899–1903) | |||
Gustav Schleicher | Democratic | 6th | March 4, 1875 – January 10, 1879 | Cuero | Died; had been re-elected to a 3rd term; Chairman of House Railways and Canals Committee (1877–1879) |
Richardson A. Scurry | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | Clarksville | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs | Republican | 22nd | November 13, 2006 – January 3, 2007 | Houston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Pete Sessions | Republican | 5th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | Dallas | Redistricting |
32nd | January 3, 2003 – present | Incumbent | |||
John Levi Sheppard | Democratic | 4th | March 4, 1899 – October 11, 1902 | Texarkana | Died |
Morris Sheppard | Democratic | 4th | November 15, 1902 – March 4, 1903 | Texarkana | Redistricting |
1st | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1913 | Chairman of House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee (1911–1913); U.S. Senator (1913–1941); longest-serving senator from Texas until at least 2021 | |||
James Luther Slayden | Democratic | 12th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903 | San Antonio | Redistricting |
14th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1919 | Declined nomination | |||
Lamar S. Smith | Republican | 21st | January 3, 1987 – present | San Antonio | Incumbent: Chairman of House Standards of Official Conduct Committee (1999–2001) Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (2011–present) |
William Robert Smith | Democratic | 16th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1917 | Colorado City | Chairman of House Irrigation of Arid Lands Committee (1911–1917) |
George W. Smyth | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | Jasper | Declined nomination |
Charles L. South | Democratic | 21st | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 | Coleman | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Alan Steelman | Republican | 5th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 | Dallas | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Charles Stenholm | Democratic | 17th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2005 | Stamford | Redistricting |
John Hall Stephens | Democratic | 13th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1917 | Vernon | Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee (1911–1917); lost primary |
Charles Stewart | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1893 | Houston | Retired |
Steve Stockman | Republican | 9th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | Beaumont | [Data unknown/missing.] |
36th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||
Sterling P. Strong | Democratic | At large | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Dallas | Lost primary |
Hatton W. Sumners | Democratic | At large | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | Dallas | Redistricting |
5th | March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1947 | Chairman of House Judiciary Committee (1931–1947) | |||
Mac Sweeney | Republican | 14th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1989 | Wharton | Lost re-election |
Olin E. Teague | Democratic | 6th | August 24, 1946 – December 31, 1978 | College Station | Resigned; Chairman of Select Committee on Education, Training, and Loan Programs of World War II Veterans (1949–1953); Chairman of House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (1955–1972); Cochairman of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration (1973–1978); Chairman of Committee on Science and Astronautics (1973–1975); Chairman of Committee on Science and Technology (1975–1978) |
Frank Tejeda | Democratic | 28th | January 3, 1993 – January 30, 1997 | San Antonio | Died |
George B. Terrell | Democratic | At-large | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Alto | Retired |
Albert Richard Thomas | Democratic | 8th | January 3, 1937 – February 15, 1966 | Houston | Died; succeeded by widow, Lera Millard Thomas |
Lera Millard Thomas | Democratic | 8th | March 26, 1966 – January 3, 1967 | Houston | Widow of Albert Richard Thomas; retired |
R. Ewing Thomason | Democratic | 16th | March 4, 1931 – July 31, 1947 | El Paso | Resigned to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas |
Clark W. Thompson | Democratic | 7th | June 24, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Galveston | [Data unknown/missing.] |
9th | August 23, 1947 – December 30, 1966 | Resigned | |||
Homer Thornberry | Democratic | 10th | January 3, 1949 – December 20, 1963 | Austin | Resigned to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1963–1965); judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (1965–1995) |
Mac Thornberry | Republican | 13th | January 3, 1995 – present | Clarendon | Incumbent |
James W. Throckmorton | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1879 | McKinney | Previously 12th Governor of Texas (1866–1867); Chairman of Committee on Pacific Railroads (1877–1879); retired |
5th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887 | Chairman of Committee on Pacific Railroads (1885–1887); retired | |||
Jim Turner | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005 | Crockett | Retired |
Christopher C. Upson | Democratic | 6th | April 15, 1879 – March 4, 1883 | San Antonio | Lost primary |
Tom Vandergriff | Democratic | 26th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | Arlington | Lost general |
Horace Worth Vaughan | Democratic | 1st | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | Texarkana | Lost re-election |
Marc Veasey | Democratic | 33rd | January 3, 2013 – present | Fort Worth | Incumbent |
Filemon Vela, Jr. | Democratic | 34th | January 3, 2013 – present | Brownsville | Incumbent |
Craig Anthony Washington | Democratic | 18th | December 9, 1989 – January 3, 1995 | Houston | Lost primary |
Randy Weber | Republican | 14th | January 3, 2013 – present | Pearland | Incumbent |
Olin Wellborn | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 | Dallas | Redistricting |
6th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887 | Lost primary; Chairman of House Committee of Indian Affairs (1883–1887) | |||
Milton H. West | Democratic | 15th | April 23, 1933 – October 28, 1948 | Brownsville | Died; Chairman of Committee on Elections (1937–1939) |
Richard Crawford White | Democratic | 16th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1983 | El Paso | Retired |
George W. Whitmore | Republican | 1st | March 30, 1870 – March 4, 1871 | Tyler | Lost re-election |
Guinn Williams | Democratic | 13th | May 22, 1922 – March 4, 1933 | Decatur | Retired; Chairman of Committee on Territories (1931–1933) |
Roger Williams | Republican | 25th | January 3, 2013 – present | Weatherford | Incumbent |
Asa H. Willie | Democratic | AL | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | Galveston | Retired |
Charle Wilson | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997 | Lufkin | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James Clifton Wilson | Democratic | 12th | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | Fort Worth | Resigned (had been re-elected to another term) to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1919–1947) |
Joseph Franklin Wilson | Democratic | 5th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955 | Dallas | Retired |
Dudley G. Wooten | Democratic | 6th | July 13, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | Dallas | Lost primary |
Eugene Worley | Democratic | 17th | January 3, 1941 – April 3, 1950 | Shamrock | Resigned to become judge for the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1950–1959), later its chief judge (1959–1974d) |
Jim Wright | Democratic | 12th | January 3, 1955 – June 30, 1989 | Weatherford | Resigned; 56th Speaker of the House (1987–1989); 19th House Majority Leader (1977–1987) |
Harry M. Wurzbach | Republican | 14th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1929 | Seguin | Lost general; contested results; reinstated |
February 10, 1930 – November 6, 1931 | Died; had been re-elected to another term; uncle of Robert C. Eckhardt | ||||
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr. | Democratic | 14th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | Bloomington | Retired |
Charles Henderson Yoakum | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | Yoakum | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James Young | Democratic | 3rd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1921 | Kaufman | Retired |
John Andrew Young | Democratic | 14th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1979 | Corpus Christi | Lost primary |
Living former Members of the House
As of April 2018, there are forty-seven living former members of the House from Texas. The most recent to die was Kika de la Garza (1965–1997) on March 13, 2017. The most recently serving representative to die was Henry B. Gonzalez (1961–1999) on November 28, 2000.
Representative | Term of office | District | Date of birth (and age) |
---|---|---|---|
Ed Foreman | 1963–1965 | 16th | December 22, 1933 |
George H. W. Bush | 1967–1971 | 7th | June 12, 1924 |
Bill Archer | 1971–2001 | 7th | March 22, 1928 |
Alan Steelman | 1973–1977 | 5th | March 15, 1942 |
Bob Krueger | 1975–1979 | 21st | September 19, 1935 |
Ron Paul | 1976–1977 1979–1985 1997–2013 |
22nd 14th |
August 20, 1935 |
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr. | 1979–1981 | 14th | October 12, 1941 |
Phil Gramm | 1979–1983 1983–1985 |
6th | July 8, 1942 |
Kent Hance | 1979–1985 | 19th | November 14, 1942 |
Tom Loeffler | 1979–1987 | 21st | August 1, 1946 |
Charles Stenholm | 1979–2005 | 17th | October 26, 1938 |
Martin Frost | 1979–2005 | 24th | January 1, 1942 |
Jack Fields | 1981–1997 | 8th | February 3, 1952 |
Ralph Hall | 1981–2015 | 4th | May 3, 1923 |
Steve Bartlett | 1983–1991 | 3rd | September 19, 1947 |
Michael A. Andrews | 1983–1995 | 25th | February 7, 1944 |
John Bryant | 1983–1997 | 5th | February 22, 1947 |
Ronald D. Coleman | 1983–1997 | 16th | November 29, 1941 |
Solomon P. Ortiz | 1983–2011 | 27th | June 3, 1937 |
Beau Boulter | 1985–1989 | 13th | February 23, 1942 |
Mac Sweeney | 1985–1989 | 14th | September 15, 1955 |
Albert Bustamante | 1985–1993 | 23rd | April 8, 1935 |
Jim Chapman | 1985–1997 | 1st | March 8, 1945 |
Larry Combest | 1985–2003 | 19th | March 20, 1945 |
Dick Armey | 1985–2003 | 26th | July 7, 1940 |
Tom DeLay | 1985–2006 | 22nd | April 8, 1947 |
Bill Sarpalius | 1989–1995 | 13th | January 10, 1948 |
Craig Washington | 1989–1995 | 18th | October 12, 1941 |
Pete Geren | 1989–1997 | 12th | January 29, 1952 |
Greg Laughlin | 1989–1997 | 14th | January 21, 1942 |
Chet Edwards | 1991–2011 | 11th 17th |
November 24, 1951 |
Henry Bonilla | 1993–2007 | 23rd | January 2, 1954 |
Steve Stockman | 1995–1997 2013–2015 |
9th 36th |
November 14, 1956 |
Ken Bentsen, Jr. | 1995–2003 | 25th | June 3, 1959 |
Max Sandlin | 1997–2005 | 1st | September 29, 1952 |
Jim Turner | 1997–2005 | 2nd | February 6, 1946 |
Nick Lampson | 1997–2005 2007–2009 |
9th 22nd |
February 14, 1945 |
Ciro Rodriguez | 1997–2005 2007–2011 |
28th 23rd |
December 9, 1946 |
Silvestre Reyes | 1997–2013 | 16th | November 10, 1944 |
Rubén Hinojosa | 1997–2017 | 15th | August 20, 1940 |
Charlie Gonzalez | 1999–2013 | 20th | May 5, 1945 |
Chris Bell | 2003–2005 | 25th | November 23, 1959 |
Randy Neugebauer | 2003–2017 | 19th | December 24, 1949 |
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs | 2006–2007 | 22nd | June 22, 1953 |
Quico Canseco | 2011–2013 | 23rd | July 30, 1949 |
Blake Farenthold | 2011–2018 | 27th | December 12, 1961 |
Pete Gallego | 2013–2015 | 23rd | December 2, 1961 |
References
- ↑ "PARRISH, Lucian Walton, (1878–1922)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ↑ "PASCHAL, Thomas Moore, (1845–1919)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
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