List of United States Representatives from Texas
This is an incomplete list of Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas in alphabetical order.
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Joseph Abbott | Democratic | 6th | 1887–1897 | Hillsboro | |
Bruce Alger | Republican | 5th | 1955–1965 | Dallas | |
Michael A. Andrews | Democratic | 25th | 1983–1995 | Houston | |
Edwin Le Roy Antony | Democratic | 9th | 1892–1893 | Cameron | |
William Reynolds Archer, Jr. | Republican | 7th | 1971–2001 | Houston | Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee (1995–2001) |
Dick Armey | Republican | 26th | 1985–2003 | Irving | House Majority Leader (1995–2003) |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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James H. Davis | Democratic | AL | 1915–1917 | Sulphur Springs | |
Reese C. De Graffenreid | Democratic | 3rd | 1897–1902 | Longview | Died |
Kika de la Garza | Democratic | 15th | 1965–1997 | Mission | |
Edward Degener | Republican | 4th | 1870–1871 | San Antonio | |
Tom DeLay | Republican | 22nd | 1985–2006 | Sugar Land | Resigned |
Martin Dies, Sr. | Democratic | 2nd | 1909–1919 | Beaumont | |
Martin Dies, Jr. | Democratic | 2nd | 1931–1945 | Orange | |
AL | 1953–1959 | Lufkin | |||
Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 10th | 1995–2005 | Austin | |
25th | 2005–2013 | ||||
35th | 2013–present | ||||
John Dowdy | Democratic | 7th | 1952–1967 | Athens | |
2nd | 1967–1973 |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Joe H. Eagle | Democratic | 8th | 1913–1921 | Houston | |
1933–1937 | |||||
Robert C. Eckhardt | Democratic | 8th | 1967–1981 | Houston | Nephew of Harry M. Wurzbach |
Chet Edwards | Democratic | 11th | 1991–2005 | Waco | |
17th | 2005–2011 | ||||
Lemuel D. Evans | Know-nothing | 1st | 1855–1857 | Marshall |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Blake Farenthold | Republican | 27th | 2011–present | Corpus Christi | |
Scott Field | Democratic | 6th | 1903–1907 | Calvert | |
Jack Fields | Republican | 8th | 1981–1997 | Humble | |
O. C. Fisher | Democratic | 21st | 1943–1974 | San Angelo | Resigned after open heart surgery |
Bill Flores | Republican | 17th | 2011–present | Bryan | |
Ed Foreman | Republican | 16th | 1963–1965 | Odessa | Unseated after one term by the Democrat Richard Crawford White; later served another term from 1969 to 1971 from New Mexico's 2nd congressional district |
Martin Frost | Democratic | 24th | 1979–2005 | Dallas |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Frank N. Ikard | Democratic | 13th | 1951–1961 | Resigned |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 18th | 1995–present | Houston | |
Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic | 30th | 1993–present | Dallas | |
Luther Alexander Johnson | Democratic | 6th | 1923–1946 | Resigned | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 10th | 1937–1949 | U.S. Senator (1949–1961); later 37th Vice President (1961–1963) & 36th President (1963–1969) | |
Sam Johnson | Republican | 3rd | 1991–present | Plano | |
George Washington Jones | Greenback | 5th | 1879–1883 | Previously 10th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1866–1867) | |
James H. Jones | Democratic | 3rd | 1883–1887 | ||
John Marvin Jones | Democratic | 13th | 1917–1919 | Redistricting | |
18th | 1919–1940 | Resigned to become judge, United States Court of Claims (1940–1943); later its Chief Judge (1947–1964) | |||
Barbara Jordan | Democratic | 18th | 1973–1979 | Retired |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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David S. Kaufman | Democratic | 1st | 1846–1851 | Died; namesake of Kaufman County, Texas | |
Abraham Kazen | Democratic | 23rd | 1967–1985 | Lost primary | |
Paul J. Kilday | Democratic | 20th | 1939–1961 | Resigned to become judge on what was then United States Court of Military Appeals (1961–1968) | |
Constantine B. Kilgore | Democratic | 3rd | 1887–1895 | ||
Joe M. Kilgore | Democratic | 15th | 1955–1965 | Retired | |
Richard M. Kleberg | Democratic | 14th | 1931–1945 | Lost primary | |
Rudolph Kleberg | Democratic | 11th | 1896–1903 | Retired | |
Bob Krueger | Democratic | 21st | 1975–1979 | Later U.S. Senator (1993) |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Nick Lampson | Democratic | 9th | 1997–2005 | ||
22nd | 2007–2009 | Lost re-election | |||
Fritz G. Lanham | Democratic | 12th | 1919–1947 | Retired; son of S. W. T. Lanham | |
S. W. T. Lanham | Democratic | 11th | 1883–1893 | Ran for governor (lost) | |
8th | 1895–1903 | Resigned to take office as 23rd Governor of Texas (1903–1907);
father of Fritz G. Lanham | |||
Greg Laughlin | Democratic | 14th | 1989–1995 | Changed parties | |
Republican | 1995–1997 | Lost primary runoff | |||
Marvin Leath | Democratic | 11th | 1979–1991 | Retired | |
Robert Quincy Lee | Democratic | 17th | 1929–1930 | Died | |
Mickey Leland | Democratic | 18th | 1979–1989 | Died | |
Robert M. Lively | Democratic | 3rd | 1910–1911 | Declined nomination | |
Tom Loeffler | Republican | 21st | 1979–1987 | Ran for governor (lost) | |
John B. Long | Democratic | 2nd | 1891–1893 | Lost primary | |
Wingate H. Lucas | Democratic | 12th | 1947–1955 | Lost primary | |
John E. Lyle, Jr. | Democratic | 14th | 1945–1955 | Retired |
M
Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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George H. Mahon | Democratic | 19th | 1935–1979 | Colorado City | Chairman of Appropriations Committee (1963–1979) Chairman of Joint Reduction of Federal Expenditures Committee (1967–1975) |
Joseph J. Mansfield | Democratic | 9th | 1917–1947 | Columbus | Died; Chairman of Rivers and Harbors Committee (1931–1947) |
Kenny Marchant | Republican | 24th | 2005–present | Carrollton | |
William Harrison Martin | Democratic | 2nd | 1887–1891 | Athens | |
Jim Mattox | Democratic | 5th | 1977–1983 | Dallas | |
Maury Maverick | Democratic | 20th | 1935–1939 | Lost primary | |
A. Jeff McLemore | Democratic | At-Large | 1915–1919 | Redistricting | |
Michael McCaul | Republican | 10th | 2005–present | Austin | |
Augustus McCloskey | Democratic | 14th | 1929–1930 | Election contested | |
William D. McFarlane | Democratic | 13th | 1933–1939 | Lost primary; father of Robert McFarlane | |
William P. McLean | Democratic | 2nd | 1873–1875 | Retired | |
Dale Milford | Democratic | 24th | 1973–1979 | Lost primary | |
James Francis Miller | Democratic | 8th | 1883–1887 | Declined nomination | |
Roger Q. Mills | Democratic | At-Large | 1873–1875 | Redistricting | |
4th | 1875–1883 | Redistricting | |||
9th | 1883–1892 | U.S. Senator (1892–1899) | |||
John M. Moore | Democratic | 8th | 1905–1913 | Grandfather of Hilmar Moore | |
Littleton W. Moore | Democratic | 8th | 1887–1893 |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Randy Neugebauer | Republican | 19th | 2003–present | Lubbock | |
George H. Noonan | Republican | 12th | 1895–1897 | Lost re-election |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Beto O'Rourke | Democratic | 16th | 2013–present | El Paso | |
Thomas P. Ochiltree | Independent | 7th | 1883–1885 | Galveston | Retired |
Pete Olson | Republican | 22nd | 2009–present | Sugar Land | |
Solomon P. Ortiz | Democratic | 27th | 1983–2011 | Corpus Christi | Lost general |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Lucian W. Parrish[1] | Democratic | 13th | 1919–1922 | Henrietta | Died |
Thomas M. Paschal[2] | Democratic | 12th | 1893–1895 | Castroville | Lost primary |
William Neff Patman | Democratic | 14th | 1981–1985 | Ganado | |
Wright Patman | Democratic | 1st | 1929–1976 | Texarkana | Died; Chairman of House Select Small Business Committee (1949–1953, 1955–1963) Chairman of Joint Economic Committee (1957–1959, 1961–1963, 1965–1967, 1969–1971, 1973–1975) Chairman of Joint Defense Production Committee (1963–1965, 1967–1969, 1971–1973, 1975–1976) Chairman of House Banking and Currency Committee (1963–1975) |
Nat Patton | Democratic | 7th | 1935–1945 | Crockett | |
Ron Paul | Republican | 22nd | 1976–1977 | Lake Jackson | Lost re-election |
1979–1985 | Ran for U.S. Senate (lost) | ||||
14th | 1997–2013 | Father of U.S. Senator Rand Paul | |||
George C. Pendleton | Democratic | 7th | 1893–1897 | Belton | |
Tom Pickett | Democratic | 7th | 1945–1952 | Palestine | Resigned |
J. J. Pickle | Democratic | 10th | 1963–1995 | Austin | |
Timothy Pilsbury | Democratic | 2nd | 1846–1849 | Brazoria | |
John M. Pinckney | Democratic | 8th | 1903–1905 | Hempstead | Killed |
William R. Poage | Democratic | 11th | 1937–1978 | Waco | Resigned; Chairman of House Agriculture Committee (1967–1975) |
Ted Poe | Republican | 2nd | 2005–present | Humble | |
Joe R. Pool | Democratic | AL | 1963–1967 | Dallas | Redistricting (see Wesberry v. Sanders, 1964) |
3rd | 1967–1968 | Died | |||
Bob Price | Republican | 18th | 1967–1973 | Pampa | |
13th | 1973–1975 | ||||
Graham B. Purcell, Jr. | Democratic | 13th | 1962–1973 | Wichita Falls | Redistricting |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Choice B. Randell | Democratic | 5th | 1901–1903 | Redistricting | |
4th | 1903–1913 | Ran for U.S. Senate (lost) | |||
Sam Rayburn | Democratic | 4th | 1913–1961 | Died; longest tenured Speaker of the House (1940–1947), (1949–1953), (1955–1961); Majority Leader (1937–1940); Minority Leader (1947–1949), (1953–1955); longest serving member of Congress from Texas until at least 2023 | |
John Henninger Reagan | Democratic | 1st | 1857–1861 | Resigned due to the outbreak of the Civil War; member of the Provisional Confederate Congress; 1st Confederate Postmaster (1861–1865); 3rd Confederate Treasury Secretary (1865) | |
1st | 1883–1887 | U.S. Senator (1887–1891); resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas | |||
Kenneth M. Regan | Democratic | 16th | 1947–1955 | Lost primary | |
Silvestre Reyes | Democratic | 16th | 1997–2013 | El Paso | |
Ray Roberts | Democratic | 4th | 1962–1981 | Retired; Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (1975–1981) | |
Ciro Rodriguez | Democratic | 28th | 1997–2005 | San Antonio | |
23rd | 2007–2011 | ||||
Walter Rogers | Democratic | 18th | 1951–1967 | Retired | |
Gordon J. Russell | Democratic | 3rd | 1902–1910 | Resigned to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1910–1919d) | |
Sam M. Russell | Democratic | 17th | 1941–1947 | ||
J. T. Rutherford | Democratic | 16th | 1955–1963 | Lost general |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Morgan G. Sanders | Democratic | 3rd | 1921–1939 | Canton | |
Max Sandlin | Democratic | 1st | 1997–2005 | Marshall | |
Bill Sarpalius | Democratic | 13th | 1989–1995 | Amarillo | |
Joseph D. Sayers | Democratic | 10th | 1885–1893 | Bastrop | Redistricting |
9th | 1893–1899 | Chairman of House Appropriations Committee (1893–1895); resigned to take office as 22nd Governor of Texas (1899–1903) | |||
Gustav Schleicher | Democratic | 6th | 1875–1879 | Cuero | Died; had been re-elected to a 3rd term; Chairman of House Railways and Canals Committee (1877–1879) |
Richardson A. Scurry | Democratic | 1st | 1851–1853 | Clarksville | |
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs | Republican | 22nd | 2006–2007 | Houston | |
Pete Sessions | Republican | 5th | 1997–2003 | Dallas | Redistricting |
32nd | 2003–present | ||||
John Levi Sheppard | Democratic | 4th | 1899–1902 | Texarkana | Died |
Morris Sheppard | Democratic | 4th | 1902–1903 | Texarkana | Redistricting |
1st | 1903–1913 | Chairman of House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee (1911–1913); U.S. Senator (1913–1941); longest serving Senator from Texas until at least 2021 | |||
James Luther Slayden | Democratic | 12th | 1897–1903 | San Antonio | Redistricting |
14th | 1903–1919 | Declined nomination | |||
Lamar S. Smith | Republican | 21st | 1987–present | San Antonio | Chairman of House Standards of Official Conduct Committee (1999–2001) Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (2011–present) |
William Robert Smith | Democratic | 16th | 1903–1917 | Colorado City | Chairman of House Irrigation of Arid Lands Committee (1911–1917) |
George W. Smyth | Democratic | 1st | 1853–1855 | Jasper | Declined nomination |
Charles L. South | Democratic | 21st | 1935–1943 | Coleman | |
Alan Steelman | Republican | 5th | 1973–1977 | Dallas | |
Charles Stenholm | Democratic | 17th | 1979–2005 | Stamford | Redistricting |
John Hall Stephens | Democratic | 13th | 1897–1917 | Vernon | Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee (1911–1917); lost primary |
Charles Stewart | Democratic | 1st | 1883–1893 | Houston | Retired |
Steve Stockman | Republican | 9th | 1995–1997 | Beaumont | Redistricting |
Sterling P. Strong | Democratic | AL | 1933–1935 | Dallas | Lost primary |
Hatton W. Sumners | Democratic | AL | 1913–1915 | Dallas | Redistricting |
5th | 1915–1947 | Chairman of House Judiciary Committee (1931–1947) | |||
Mac Sweeney | Republican | 14th | 1985–1989 | Wharton | Lost re-election |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Olin E. Teague | Democratic | 6th | 1946–1978 | Resigned; Chairman of Select Committee on Education, Training, and Loan Programs of World War II Veterans (1949–1953); Chairman of House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (1955–1972); Cochairman of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration (1973–1978); Chairman of Committee on Science and Astronautics (1973–1975); Chairman of Committee on Science and Technology (1975–1978) | |
Frank Tejeda | Democratic | 28th | 1993–1997 | Died | |
George B. Terrell | Democratic | 28th | 1933–1935 | Retired | |
Albert Richard Thomas | Democratic | 8th | 1937–1966 | Died; succeeded by widow, Lera Millard Thomas | |
Lera Millard Thomas | Democratic | 8th | 1966–1967 | Widow of Albert Richard Thomas; retired | |
R. Ewing Thomason | Democratic | 16th | 1931–1947 | Resigned to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas | |
Clark W. Thompson | Democratic | 7th | 1933–1935 | ||
9th | 1947–1966 | Resigned | |||
Homer Thornberry | Democratic | 10th | 1949–1963 | Resigned to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (1963–1965); judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (1965–1995) | |
Mac Thornberry | Republican | 13th | 1995–present | Clarendon | |
James W. Throckmorton | Democratic | 3rd | 1875–1879 | Previously 12th Governor of Texas (1866–1867); Chairman of Committee on Pacific Railroads (1877–1879); retired | |
5th | 1883–1887 | Chairman of Committee on Pacific Railroads (1885–1887); retired | |||
Jim Turner | Democratic | 2nd | 1997–2005 | Retired |
U
Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Christopher C. Upson | Democratic | 6th | 1879–1883 | Lost primary |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Tom Vandergriff | Democratic | 26th | 1983–1985 | Lost general | |
Horace Worth Vaughan | Democratic | 1st | 1913–1915 | Lost re-election |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Craig Anthony Washington | Democratic | 18th | 1989–1995 | Lost primary | |
Randy Weber | Republican | 14th | 2013–present | ||
Olin Wellborn | Democratic | 3rd | 1879–1883 | Redistricting | |
6th | 1883–1887 | Lost primary; Chairman of House Committee of Indian Affairs (1883–1887) | |||
Milton H. West | Democratic | 15th | 1933–1948 | Died; Chairman of Committee on Elections (1937–1939) | |
Richard Crawford White | Democratic | 16th | 1965–1983 | Retired | |
George W. Whitmore | Republican | 1st | 1870–1871 | Lost re-election | |
Guinn Williams | Democratic | 13th | 1922–1933 | Retired; Chairman of Committee on Territories (1931–1933) | |
Asa H. Willie | Democratic | AL | 1873–1875 | Retired; later Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1882–1888) | |
Charle Wilson | Democratic | 2nd | 1973–1997 | Resigned | |
Joseph Franklin Wilson | Democratic | 5th | 1947–1955 | Retired | |
James Clifton Wilson | Democratic | 12th | 1917–1919 | Resigned (had been re-elected to another term) to become a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1919–1947) | |
Dudley G. Wooten | Democratic | 6th | 1901–1903 | Lost primary | |
Eugene Worley | Democratic | 17th | 1941–1950 | Resigned to become judge for the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1950–1959), later its chief judge (1959–1974d) | |
Jim Wright | Democratic | 12th | 1955–1989 | Resigned; 56th Speaker of the House (1987–1989); 19th House Majority Leader (1977–1987) | |
Harry M. Wurzbach | Republican | 14th | 1921–1929 | Lost general; contested results; reinstated | |
1930–1931 | Died; had been re-elected to another term; uncle of Robert C. Eckhardt | ||||
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr. | Democratic | 14th | 1979–1981 | Retired |
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Representative | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Charles Henderson Yoakum | Democratic | 3rd | 1895–1897 | ||
James Young | Democratic | 3rd | 1911–1921 | Retired | |
John Andrew Young | Democratic | 14th | 1957–1979 | Lost primary |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
As of April 2015, there are forty-four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Texas that are currently living.
Representative | Term of office (Congressional years as congressmen/women/representatives while in office) | District | Date of birth (and age) |
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Jim Wright | 1955 - 1989 | 12th | December 22, 1922 |
Ed Foreman | 1963 - 1965 | 16th | December 22, 1933 |
Kika de la Garza | 1965 - 1997 | 15th | September 22, 1927 |
George H. W. Bush | 1967 - 1971 | 7th | June 12, 1924 |
William Reynolds Archer, Jr. | 1971 - 2001 | 7th | March 22, 1928 |
Alan Steelman | 1973 - 1977 | 5th | March 15, 1942 |
Bob Krueger | 1975 - 1979 | 21st | September 19, 1935 |
Ron Paul | 1976 - 1977 1979 - 1985 1997 - 2013 |
22nd (1976-1977, 1979-1985) 14th (1997-2013) |
August 20, 1935 |
Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr. | 1979 - 1981 | 14th | October 12, 1941 |
Phil Gramm | 1979 - 1985 | 6th | July 8, 1942 |
Kent Hance | 1979 - 1985 | 19th | November 14, 1942 |
Tom Loeffler | 1979 - 1987 | 21st | August 1, 1946 |
Charles Stenholm | 1979 - 2005 | 17th | October 26, 1938 |
Martin Frost | 1979 - 2005 | 21st | January 1, 1942 |
Jack Fields | 1981 - 1997 | 8th | February 3, 1952 |
Ralph Hall | 1981 - 2015 | 8th | May 3, 1923 |
John Wiley Bryant | 1983 - 1987 | 5th | February 22, 1947 |
Steve Bartlett | 1983 - 1991 | 3rd | September 19, 1947 |
Michael A. Andrews | 1983 - 1995 | 25th | February 7, 1944 |
Ronald D. Coleman | 1983 - 1997 | 16th | November 29, 1941 |
Solomon P. Ortiz | 1983 - 2011 | 27th | June 3, 1937 |
Beau Boulter | 1985 - 1989 | 1st | February 23, 1942 |
Albert Bustamante | 1985 - 1993 | 14th | April 8, 1935 |
Mac Sweeney | 1985 - 1989 | 14th | September 15, 1955 |
Jim Chapman | 1985 - 1997 | 1st | March 8, 1945 |
Dick Armey | 1985 - 2003 | 26th | July 7, 1940 |
Larry Combest | 1985 - 2003 | 19th | March 20, 1945 |
Tom DeLay | 1985 - 2006 | 22nd | April 8, 1947 |
Greg Laughlin | 1989 - 1997 | 18th | January 21, 1942 |
Pete Geren | 1989 - 1997 | 12th | January 29, 1952 |
Craig Washington | 1989 - 1997 | 18th | October 12, 1941 |
Chet Edwards | 1991 - 2011 | 11th (1991-2005) 17th (2005-2011) |
November 24, 1951 |
Henry Bonilla | 1993 - 2007 | 23rd | January 2, 1954 |
Steve Stockman | 1995 - 1997 2013 - 2015 |
9th (1995-1997) 36th (2013-2015) |
November 14, 1956 |
Max Sandlin | 1997 - 2005 | 1st | September 29, 1952 |
Jim Turner | 1997 - 2005 | 2nd | February 6, 1946 |
Nick Lampson | 1997 - 2005 2007 - 2009 |
9th (1997-2005) 22nd (2007-2009) |
February 14, 1945 |
Ciro Rodriguez | 1997 - 2005 2007 - 2011 |
28th (1997-2005) 23rd (2007-2011) |
December 9, 1946 |
Silvestre Reyes | 1997 - 2013 | 16th | November 10, 1944 |
Charlie Gonzalez | 1999 - 2013 | 20th | May 5, 1945 |
Chris Bell | 2003 - 2005 | 25th | November 23, 1959 |
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs | 2006 - 2007 | 22nd | June 22, 1953 |
Quico Canseco | 2011 - 2013 | 23rd | July 30, 1949 |
Pete Gallego | 2013 - 2015 | 23rd | December 2, 1961 |
References
- ↑ "PARRISH, Lucian Walton, (1878–1922)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ↑ "PASCHAL, Thomas Moore, (1845–1919)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
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