United States congressional delegations from Texas
These are tables of congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
U.S. House delegation
Current districts and representatives
The delegation consists of 36 members, with 23 Republicans, and 13 Democrats after the 2018 election.
District | Member | District | |||
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Member (Residence) |
Party | Incumbency | CPVI | Map | |
1st | Louie Gohmert (Tyler) |
Republican | January 3, 2005 | R+25 | |
2nd | Dan Crenshaw (Houston) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+11 | |
3rd | Van Taylor (Plano) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+13 | |
4th | Vacant | R+28 | |||
5th | Lance Gooden (Terrell) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+16 | |
6th | Ron Wright (Arlington) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+9 | |
7th | Lizzie Fletcher (Houston) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | R+7 | |
8th | Kevin Brady (The Woodlands) |
Republican | January 3, 1997 | R+28 | |
9th | Al Green (Houston) |
Democratic | January 3, 2005 | D+29 | |
10th | Michael McCaul (West Lake Hills) |
Republican | January 3, 2005 | R+9 | |
11th | Mike Conaway (Midland) |
Republican | January 3, 2005 | R+32 | |
12th | Kay Granger (Fort Worth) |
Republican | January 3, 1997 | R+18 | |
13th | Mac Thornberry (Clarendon) |
Republican | January 3, 1995 | R+33 | |
14th | Randy Weber (Alvin) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 | R+12 | |
15th | Vicente Gonzalez (McAllen) |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 | D+7 | |
16th | Veronica Escobar (El Paso) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+17 | |
17th | Bill Flores (Bryan) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 | R+12 | |
18th | Sheila Jackson Lee (Houston) |
Democratic | January 3, 1995 | D+27 | |
19th | Jodey Arrington (Lubbock) |
Republican | January 3, 2017 | R+27 | |
20th | Joaquin Castro (San Antonio) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 | D+10 | |
21st | Chip Roy (Austin) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 | R+10 | |
22nd | Pete Olson (Sugar Land) |
Republican | January 3, 2009 | R+10 | |
23rd | Will Hurd (Helotes) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+1 | |
24th | Kenny Marchant (Coppell) |
Republican | January 3, 2005 | R+9 | |
25th | Roger Williams (Weatherford) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 | R+11 | |
26th | Michael Burgess (Highland Village) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 | R+18 | |
27th | Michael Cloud (Victoria) |
Republican | July 10, 2018 | R+13 | |
28th | Henry Cuellar (Laredo) |
Democratic | January 3, 2005 | D+9 | |
29th | Sylvia Garcia (Houston) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+19 | |
30th | Eddie Bernice Johnson (Dallas) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 | D+29 | |
31st | John Carter (Round Rock) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 | R+10 | |
32nd | Colin Allred (Dallas) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | R+5 | |
33rd | Marc Veasey (Fort Worth) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 | D+23 | |
34th | Filemon Vela Jr. (Brownsville) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 | D+10 | |
35th | Lloyd Doggett (Austin) |
Democratic | January 3, 1995 | D+15 | |
36th | Brian Babin (Woodville) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+26 |
Recent historical district boundaries
Below is a table of United States congressional district boundary maps for the State of Texas, presented chronologically.[2] All 10 redistricting events that took place in Texas in the decades between 1973 and 2013 are illustrated here.
Year | Statewide map |
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1973–1975 | |
1975–1983 | |
1983–1985 | |
1985–1993 | |
1993–1997 | |
1997–2003 | |
2003–2005 | |
2005–2007 | |
2007–2013 | |
2013 – Present |
1845 to 1863: 2 seats
Upon statehood, Texas was apportioned two seats.
Congress | District | Congress | |
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1st | 2nd | ||
29th 1845–1847 |
David S. Kaufman (D) |
Timothy Pilsbury (D) |
29th 1845–1847 |
30th 1847–1849 |
30th 1847–1849 | ||
31st 1849–1851 |
Volney E. Howard (D) |
31st 1849–1851 | |
32nd 1851–1853 |
Richardson A. Scurry (D) |
32nd 1851–1853 | |
33rd 1853–1855 |
George W. Smyth (D) |
Peter H. Bell (D) |
33rd 1853–1855 |
34th 1855–1857 |
Lemuel D. Evans (KN) |
34th 1855–1857 | |
35th 1857–1859 |
John H. Reagan (D) |
Guy M. Bryan (D) |
35th 1857–1859 |
36th 1859–1861 |
Andrew J. Hamilton (Ind. D) |
36th 1859–1861 | |
37th 1861–1863 |
American Civil War | 37th 1861–1863 |
1863 to 1873: 4 seats
After the 1860 United States Census, Texas gained two seats.
Congress | District | Congress | |||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
38th 1863–1865 |
American Civil War | 38th 1863–1865 | |||
39th 1865–1867 |
39th 1865–1867 | ||||
40th 1867–1869 |
40th 1867–1869 | ||||
41st 1869–1871 |
41st 1869–1871 | ||||
George W. Whitmore (R) |
John C. Conner (D) |
William T. Clark (R) |
Edward Degener (R) | ||
42nd 1871–1873 |
William S. Herndon (D) |
John Hancock (D) |
42nd 1871–1873 | ||
De Witt C. Giddings (D) |
1873 to 1883: 6 seats
After the 1870 United States Census, Texas gained two seats. At first, the state used at-large seats, but after 1875 all the seats were districted.
Congress | 1st district | 2nd district | 3rd district | 4th district | At-large seat A | At-large seat B | Congress |
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43rd 1873–1875 |
William S. Herndon (D) |
William P. McLean (D) |
De Witt C. Giddings (D) |
John Hancock (D) |
Roger Q. Mills (D) |
Asa H. Willie (D) |
43rd 1873–1875 |
44th 1875–1877 |
John H. Reagan (D) |
David B. Culberson (D) |
James W. Throckmorton (D) |
Roger Q. Mills (D) |
5th district | 6th district | 44th 1875–1877 |
John Hancock (D) |
Gustave Schleicher (D) | ||||||
45th 1877–1879 |
De Witt C. Giddings (D) |
45th 1877–1879 | |||||
46th 1879–1881 |
Olin Wellborn (D) |
George W. Jones (GB) |
Christopher C. Upson (D) |
46th 1879–1881 | |||
47th 1881–1883 |
47th 1881–1883 |
1883 to 1893: 11 seats
After the 1880 United States Census, Texas gained five seats.
Congress | District | District | Congress | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |||
48th 1883–1885 |
Charles Stewart (D) |
John H. Reagan (D) |
James H. Jones (D) |
David B. Culberson (D) |
James W. Throckmorton (D) |
Olin Wellborn (D) |
Thomas P. Ochiltree (I) |
James Francis Miller (D) |
Roger Q. Mills (D) |
John Hancock (D) |
S.W.T. Lanham (D) |
48th 1883–1885 | |
49th 1885–1887 |
William H. Crain (D) |
Joseph D. Sayers (D) |
49th 1885–1887 | ||||||||||
50th 1887–1889 |
William H. Martin (D) |
Constantine B. Kilgore (D) |
Silas Hare (D) |
Jo Abbott (D) |
Littleton W. Moore (D) |
50th 1887–1889 | |||||||
51st 1889–1891 |
51st 1889–1891 | ||||||||||||
52nd 1891–1893 |
John B. Long (D) |
Joseph W. Bailey (D) |
52nd 1891–1893 | ||||||||||
Edwin Le Roy Antony (D) |
1893 to 1903: 13 seats
After the 1890 United States Census, Texas gained two seats.
Congress | District | District | Congress | ||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |||
53rd 1893–1895 |
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (D) |
Samuel B. Cooper (D) |
Constantine B. Kilgore (D) |
David B. Culberson (D) |
Joseph W. Bailey (D) |
Jo Abbott (D) |
George C. Pendleton (D) |
Charles K. Bell (D) |
Joseph D. Sayers (D) |
Walter Gresham (D) |
William H. Crain (D) |
Thomas M. Paschal (D) |
Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D) |
53rd 1893–1895 | |
54th 1895–1897 |
C. H. Yoakum (D) |
Miles Crowley (D) |
George H. Noonan (R) |
54th 1895–1897 | |||||||||||
Rudolph Kleberg (D) | |||||||||||||||
55th 1897–1899 |
Thomas Henry Ball (D) |
Reese C. De Graffenreid (D) |
John W. Cranford (D) |
Robert E. Burke (D) |
Robert L. Henry (D) |
Samuel W.T. Lanham (D) |
Robert B. Hawley (R) |
James L. Slayden (D) |
John H. Stephens (D) |
55th 1897–1899 | |||||
56th 1899–1901 |
John Levi Sheppard (D) |
Albert S. Burleson (D) |
56th 1899–1901 | ||||||||||||
57th 1901–1903 |
Choice B. Randell (D) |
George F. Burgess (D) |
57th 1901–1903 | ||||||||||||
Gordon J. Russell (D) |
Morris Sheppard (D) |
Dudley G. Wooten (D) |
1903 to 1913: 16 seats
After the 1900 United States Census, Texas gained three seats.
Congress | District | District | Congress | |||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | |||
58th 1903–1905 |
Morris Sheppard (D) |
Samuel B. Cooper (D) |
Gordon J. Russell (D) |
Choice B. Randell (D) |
James Andrew Beall (D) |
Scott Field (D) |
Alexander W. Gregg (D) |
Thomas Henry Ball (D) |
George F. Burgess (D) |
Albert S. Burleson (D) |
Robert L. Henry (D) |
Oscar W. Gillespie (D) |
John H. Stephens (D) |
James L. Slayden (D) |
John Nance Garner (D) |
William R. Smith (D) |
58th 1903–1905 | |
John M. Pinckney (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
59th 1905–1907 |
Moses L. Broocks (D) |
John M. Moore (D) |
59th 1905–1907 | |||||||||||||||
60th 1907–1909 |
Samuel B. Cooper (D) |
Rufus Hardy (D) |
60th 1907–1909 | |||||||||||||||
61st 1909–1911 |
Martin Dies (D) |
61st 1909–1911 | ||||||||||||||||
Robert M. Lively (D) | ||||||||||||||||||
62nd 1911–1913 |
James Young (D) |
Oscar Callaway (D) |
62nd 1911–1913 |
1913 to 1933: 18 seats
After the 1910 United States Census, Texas gained two seats. At first, they were elected at-large, but starting in 1919 all were districted. There was not a reapportionment after the 1920 United States Census.
1933 to 1953: 21 seats
After the 1930 United States Census, Texas gained three seats. At first, they were elected at-large, but starting in 1935 all were districted. There was no reapportionment after the 1940 United States Census.
1953 to 1963: 22 seats
After the 1950 United States Census, Texas gained one seat. At first, it was elected at-large, but starting in 1959 all were districted.
Congress | District | District | District | Congress | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | ||||
83rd 1953–1955 |
Wright Patman (D) |
Jack Brooks (D) |
Brady P. Gentry (D) |
Sam Rayburn (D) |
Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) |
Olin E. Teague (D) |
John V. Dowdy (D) |
Albert Thomas (D) |
Clark W. Thompson (D) |
W. Homer Thornberry (D) |
William R. Poage (D) |
Wingate H. Lucas (D) |
Frank N. Ikard (D) |
John E. Lyle, Jr. (D) |
Lloyd M. Bentsen (D) |
Kenneth M. Regan (D) |
Omar Burleson (D) |
Walter E. Rogers (D) |
George H. Mahon (D) |
Paul J. Kilday (D) |
O. Clark Fisher (D) |
Martin Dies Jr. (At-large) (D) |
83rd 1953–1955 | ||
84th 1955–1957 |
Bruce R. Alger (R) |
Jim Wright (D) |
John J. Bell (D) |
Joe M. Kilgore (D) |
J. T. Rutherford (D) |
84th 1955–1957 | |||||||||||||||||||
85th 1957–1959 |
Lindley Beckworth (D) |
John Andrew Young (D) |
85th 1957–1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
86th 1959–1961 |
Robert R. Casey (D) |
86th 1959–1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87th 1961–1963 |
87th 1961–1963 |
1963 to 1973: 23 seats
After the 1960 United States Census, Texas gained one seat. At first, it was elected at-large, but starting in 1967 all were districted.
Congress | District | District | District | Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | ||||
88th 1963–1965 |
Wright Patman (D) |
Jack Brooks (D) |
Lindley Beckworth (D) |
Ray Roberts (D) |
Bruce R. Alger (R) |
Olin E. Teague (D) |
John V. Dowdy (D) |
Albert Thomas (D) |
Clark W. Thompson (D) |
W. Homer Thornberry (D) |
William R. Poage (D) |
Jim Wright (D) |
Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D) |
John Andrew Young (D) |
Joe M. Kilgore (D) |
Ed Foreman (R) |
Omar Burleson (D) |
Walter E. Rogers (D) |
George H. Mahon (D) |
Henry B. Gonzalez (D) |
O. Clark Fisher (D) |
Robert R. Casey (D) |
Joe R. Pool (At-large) (D) |
88th 1963–1965 | ||
89th 1965–1967 |
Earle Cabell (D) |
Lera M. Thomas (D) |
J. J. Pickle (D) |
Kika de la Garza (D) |
Richard C. White (D) |
89th 1965–1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||
90th 1967–1969 |
John Dowdy (D) |
Joe R. Pool (D) |
George H.W. Bush (R) |
Robert C. Eckhardt (D) |
Jack Brooks (D) |
Bob Price (R) |
Abraham Kazen, Jr. (D) |
90th 1967–1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
James M. Collins (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91st 1969–1971 |
91st 1969–1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
92nd 1971–1973 |
Bill Archer (R) |
92nd 1971–1973 |
1973 to 1983: 24 seats
After the 1970 United States Census, Texas gained one seat.
1983 to 1993: 27 seats
After the 1980 United States Census, Texas gained three seats.
1993 to 2003: 30 seats
After the 1990 United States Census, Texas gained three seats.
2003 to 2013: 32 seats
After the 2000 United States Census, Texas gained two seats.
As typical, the delegation was redistricted for the 2002 elections. They were also redistricted in 2003, which gave Republicans a majority of seats after the 2004 elections.
2013 to present: 36 seats
After the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four seats.
Senate
Class 1 senators | Congress | Class 2 senators |
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Thomas J. Rusk (D) | 29th (1845–1847) | Sam Houston (D) |
30th (1847–1849) | ||
31st (1849–1851) | ||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||
33rd (1853–1855) | ||
34th (1855–1857) | Sam Houston (K-N) | |
35th (1857–1859) | ||
James Pinckney Henderson (D) | ||
Matthias Ward (D) | ||
36th (1859–1861) | John Hemphill (D) | |
Louis T. Wigfall (D) | ||
American Civil War | 37th (1861–1863) | American Civil War |
38th (1863–1865) | ||
39th (1865–1867) | ||
40th (1867–1869) | ||
James W. Flanagan (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | Morgan C. Hamilton (R) |
42nd (1871–1873) | ||
43rd (1873–1875) | ||
Samuel B. Maxey (D) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
45th (1877–1879) | Richard Coke (D) | |
46th (1879–1881) | ||
47th (1881–1883) | ||
48th (1883–1885) | ||
49th (1885–1887) | ||
John H. Reagan (D) | 50th (1887–1889) | |
51st (1889–1891) | ||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||
Horace Chilton (D) | ||
Roger Q. Mills (D) | ||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||
54th (1895–1897) | Horace Chilton (D) | |
55th (1897–1899) | ||
Charles A. Culberson (D) | 56th (1899–1901) | |
57th (1901–1903) | Joseph W. Bailey (D) | |
58th (1903–1905) | ||
59th (1905–1907) | ||
60th (1907–1909) | ||
61st (1909–1911) | ||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||
Rienzi M. Johnston (D) | ||
Morris Sheppard (D) | ||
63rd (1913–1915) | ||
64th (1915–1917) | ||
65th (1917–1919) | ||
66th (1919–1921) | ||
67th (1921–1923) | ||
Earle B. Mayfield (D) | 68th (1923–1925) | |
69th (1925–1927) | ||
70th (1927–1929) | ||
Thomas T. Connally (D) | 71st (1929–1931) | |
72nd (1931–1933) | ||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||
74th (1935–1937) | ||
75th (1937–1939) | ||
76th (1939–1941) | ||
77th (1941–1943) | ||
Andrew Jackson Houston (D) | ||
Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (D) | ||
78th (1943–1945) | ||
79th (1945–1947) | ||
80th (1947–1949) | ||
81st (1949–1951) | Lyndon Johnson (D) | |
82nd (1951–1953) | ||
Price Daniel (D) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |
84th (1955–1957) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | ||
William A. Blakley (D) | ||
Ralph W. Yarborough (D) | ||
86th (1959–1961) | ||
87th (1961–1963) | William A. Blakley (D) | |
John G. Tower (R) | ||
88th (1963–1965) | ||
89th (1965–1967) | ||
90th (1967–1969) | ||
91st (1969–1971) | ||
Lloyd Bentsen (D) | 92nd (1971–1973) | |
93rd (1973–1975) | ||
94th (1975–1977) | ||
95th (1977–1979) | ||
96th (1979–1981) | ||
97th (1981–1983) | ||
98th (1983–1985) | ||
99th (1985–1987) | Phil Gramm (R) | |
100th (1987–1989) | ||
101st (1989–1991) | ||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||
Robert Krueger (D) | ||
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) | ||
104th (1995–1997) | ||
105th (1997–1999) | ||
106th (1999–2001) | ||
107th (2001–2003) | ||
108th (2003–2005) | John Cornyn (R) | |
109th (2005–2007) | ||
110th (2007–2009) | ||
111th (2009–2011) | ||
112th (2011–2013) | ||
Ted Cruz (R) | 113th (2013–2015) | |
114th (2015–2017) | ||
115th (2017–2019) | ||
116th (2019-2021) |
Key
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References
- "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012". Retrieved October 18, 2014.