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.
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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
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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
(R)
(R)
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) |
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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.