Texas's 5th congressional district

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The current boundaries of Texas District 5.

Texas District 5 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves an area that includes the southeast portion of Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller counties south and east of Dallas including Anderson, Freestone, Henderson and Limestone counties. As of the 2000 census, District 5 represents 651,620 people. The current Representative from District 5 is Jeb Hensarling and has been since 2003.

[edit] Representatives from Texas District 5

Please note that U.S. Congressional District borders are periodically redrawn and some District Residence locations may no longer be in the 5th District.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence
John Hancock	1875	1877	Democrat	Austin
Dewitt Clinton Giddings	1877	1879	Democrat	Brenham
George Washington Jones	1879	1883	Greenback	Bastrop
James W. Throckmorton	1883	1887	Democrat	McKinney
Silas Hare	1887	1891	Democrat	Sherman
Joseph W. Bailey	1891	1901	Democrat	Gainesville
Choice B. Randell	1901	1903	Democrat	Sherman
Jack Beall	1903	1915	Democrat	Waxahachie
Hatton W. Sumners	1915	1947	Democrat	Dallas
J. Frank Wilson	1947	1955	Democrat	Dallas
Bruce Reynolds Alger	1955	1965	Republican	Dallas
Earle Cabell	1965	1973	Democrat	Dallas
Alan Steelman	1973	1977	Republican	Dallas
Jim Mattox	1977	1983	Democrat	Dallas
John W. Bryant	1983	1997	Democrat	Dallas
Pete Sessions	1997	2003	Republican	Dallas
Jeb Hensarling	2003	currently serving	Republican	Dallas

* Died in office.

[edit] Election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	148,816	64.5	+6.3
	Democratic	Bill Bernstein	75,911	32.9	-7.4
	Libertarian	John Gonzalez	6,118	2.7	+1.7
Majority			72,905	31.6
Turnout			230,845
	Republican hold		Swing	+6.9

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