Texas's 16th congressional district

Texas's 16th congressional district
Texas's 16th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Beto O'Rourke (D–El Paso)
Distribution
  • 98.36[1]% urban
  • 1.64% rural
Population (2016) 742,384[2]
Median income $44,045
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+17[3]

Texas District 16 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves El Paso and the surrounding area in the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 16 is Beto O'Rourke.

At one time, the 16th stretched across 42,000 square miles (110,000 km2), from El Paso in the west to the Permian Basin (Midland and Odessa) in the east. However, after Texas' original 1960 district map was thrown out as a result of Wesberry v. Sanders, the 16th was shrunk down to the city of El Paso and most of its surrounding suburban communities.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created March 4, 1903
William Robert Smith Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1917		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas L. Blanton Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919		 Redistricted to the 17th district
Claude Benton Hudspeth Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1931		 [Data unknown/missing.]
R. Ewing Thomason Democratic March 4, 1931 –
July 31, 1947		 Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
Vacant July 31, 1947 –
August 23, 1947
Kenneth M. Regan Democratic August 23, 1947 –
January 3, 1955		 Lost renomination
J. T. Rutherford Democratic January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1963		 Lost re-election
Ed Foreman Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965		 Lost re-election
Richard C. White Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1983		 Retired
Ronald D. Coleman Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1997		 Retired
Silvestre Reyes Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2013		 Lost renomination
Beto O'Rourke Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present		 Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=16
  3. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 31°54′39″N 106°18′38″W / 31.91083°N 106.31056°W / 31.91083; -106.31056


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