Texas's 13th congressional district

Texas's 13th congressional district

Current Representative		Mac Thornberry (R–Clarendon)
Population (2000)	651,619
Median income	$33,501
Ethnicity	81.0% White, 5.8% Black, 1.1% Asian, 17.6% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	R+29

Texas District 13 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional District that includes the northwesternmost portion of the state of Texas. The current Representative is Mac Thornberry.

According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, it is tied with Alabama's 6th congressional district for the most Republican district in the country (R+29).

This district, however, has not always been strongly Republican. As late as 1976, Jimmy Carter won 33 of the 44 counties in this district, getting 60-70% in many of them.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	Note
District created		March 4, 1893
Jeremiah V. Cockrell	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
John H. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1917
John M. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	Redistricted to the 18th district
Lucian W. Parrish	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 27, 1922	Died
Vacant		March 27, 1922 – May 22, 1922
Guinn Williams	Democratic	May 22, 1922 – March 3, 1933
William D. McFarlane	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Ed Gossett	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – July 31, 1951	Resigned
Vacant		July 31, 1951 – September 8, 1951
Frank N. Ikard	Democratic	September 8, 1951 – December 15, 1961	Resigned
Vacant		December 15, 1961 – January 27, 1962
Graham B. Purcell, Jr.	Democratic	January 27, 1962 – January 3, 1973
Bob Price	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 18th district
Jack Hightower	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985
Beau Boulter	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1989
Bill Sarpalius	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995
Mac Thornberry	Republican	January 3, 1995 – Present	Incumbent

Election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry	189,448	92.3	+13.0
	Libertarian	M.J. Smith	15,793	7.7	+7.7
Majority			173,655	84.6
Turnout			205,241
	Republican hold		Swing	+16.8

References

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

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The At-large district is obsolete. The 33rd-36th districts to be seated in the 113th Congress in 2013.
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