Texas's 2nd House of Representatives district

For the US House district, see Texas's 2nd congressional district.

Texas's 2nd State House of Representatives district
Representative	vacant
Demographics	71.1% White 7.3% Black 16.9% Hispanic 1.2% Asian 3.5% Other
Population (2020)  • Voting age	196,284 149,984

District 2 is a house in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).

As a result of redistricting after the 2020 United States census, beginning with the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt Counties. Major cities in the district include Canton, Commerce, Greenville, and Sulphur Springs. The district also contains Texas A&M University–Commerce and parts of Lake Tawakoni and Cooper Lake State Park.

2023 expulsion and vacancy

The district was represented by Bryan Slaton from January 14, 2021, upon his initial election to the Texas House, until he resigned on May 8, 2023, after facing potential expulsion by the House for "an inappropriate relationship with an intern". Notwithstanding his resignation, Slaton was subsequently and unanimously expelled by the House on the following day, May 9, 2023.

2023 special election

Governor Greg Abbott announced a special election to fill the remainder of Slaton's unexpired term would take place on November 7, 2023. (A special election to fill the vacancy of a state legislator is a direct election with no primary, per Texas Election Code, Title 12 Sec. 203.002 )

By the deadline on September 6, 2023, six candidates had filed for a place on the ballot to fill the vacant seat for House District 2. Five candidates filed as Republicans (Jill Dutton, Heath Hyde, Brent Money, Doug Roszhart, and Krista Schild); Kristen Washington filed as a Democrat.

The special election took place on the same November ballot as the 2023 constitutional amendment propositions. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote, and the top two vote-getters (Dutton with 25.26% of the vote, and Money with 31.75% of the vote) will proceed to a run-off election on January 30, 2024.

List of representatives

Leg.	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties they represented
3rd	Hardin R. Runnels	Unknown	November 5, 1849	November 21, 1850	Bowie, Red River
4th	William Fields		November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Liberty, Polk
5th	James W. Sims		November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Red River
6th	Joseph J. Dickson		November 17, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th	Joseph H. Burks, Sr.		November 7, 1857	February 14, 1859
	Vacant	N/A	February 14, 1859	November 7, 1859
8th	Benjamin H. Epperson	Unknown	November 7, 1859	November 4, 1861
9th	Demetrius Willis		November 4, 1861	November 2, 1863	Liberty, Polk
10th	Edwin B. Adams		November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th	A. B. Trowell		August 6, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th	James A. Abney		February 10, 1870	August 15, 1870	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity
	Sterling L. Smith	Democratic	February 9, 1870	February 23, 1870
	Edward L. Robb		February 9, 1870	January 14, 1873
	William H. Bonner	Republican	May 2, 1870	January 14, 1873
	John Polley	Democratic	October 31, 1871	January 14, 1873
13th	Samuel B. Bewley		January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
	Sam T. Robb		January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
	Daniel M. Short		January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
14th	Benjamin B. Anderson		January 14, 1874	April 18, 1876	Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
	William M. Gellatly		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
	Franklin L. Johnston		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
	Joseph V. Massy		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
15th	John C. McKinnon		April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler
16th	William T. Hill		January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th	James E. Hill		January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th			January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Polk, San Jacinto
19th	G. I. Turnley		January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th	Talvus A. Wilson		January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st	Travis S. Cochran		January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891
22nd	Edward A. Patton	Republican	January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd	Daniel D. Dodd	Democratic	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Cass
24th	Howard F. O'Neal		January 8, 1895	October 21, 1896
	Vacant	N/A	October 21, 1896	January 12, 1897
25th	Absolom C. Oliver	Democratic	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
26th			January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th	James W. Hurt		January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th			January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905
	George A. Trice		January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Red River
29th	Charles E. Terry		January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th			January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
31st	W. W. Lawson		January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
32nd			January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd	J. M. Rickerson		January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Cass
34th	W. D. Lanier		January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
35th			January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th	J. D. Newton		January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th	John W. W. Patman		January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
38th			January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925
39th	George W. Coody		January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
40th	J. D. Boon		January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
41st	Charles C. Hines		January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
42nd			January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
43rd	Andrew L. Crossley Sr.		January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th			January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th	Abe M. Mays Sr.		January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th			January 10, 1939	January 14, 1941
47th	J. K. Hileman		January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th			January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th	William A. Barber Sr.		January 9, 1945	January 14, 1947
50th			January 14, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st	Cloyd D. Young		January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd			January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
53rd	James H. Jackson		January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955
54th			January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
55th	Abe Mulker Mays Jr.		January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
56th			January 13, 1959	January 10, 1961
57th	James L. Slider		January 10, 1961	January 8, 1963	Cass, Marion, Morris
58th			January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965
59th			January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th			January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
61st			January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971
62nd			January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd	Doyce R. Lee		January 9, 1973	October 20, 1974	Cass, Marion, Morris, Smith, Upshur
	Vacant		October 20, 1974	January 14, 1975
64th	James B. Florence		January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th			January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th			January 9, 1979	January 13, 1981
67th			January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th	Lyndon P. Patterson		January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar
69th			January 8, 1985	January 13, 1987
70th			January 13, 1987	January 10, 1989
71st			January 10, 1989	January 8, 1991
72nd			January 8, 1991	January 12, 1993
73rd	Thomas D. Ramsay		January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995	Camp, Franklin, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus, Wood
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th			January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th			January 12, 1999	January 9, 2001
77th			January 9, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th	Dan Flynn	Republican	January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005	Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt
79th			January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007
80th			January 9, 2007	January 13, 2009
81st			January 13, 2009	January 11, 2011
82nd			January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd			January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015	Hopkins, Hunt, Van Zandt
84th			January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017
85th			January 10, 2017	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2021
87th	Bryan Slaton		January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th			January 10, 2023	May 8, 2023
	Vacant	N/A	May 8, 2023	Present

Past living Representatives

Representative	Legislature(s)	Term(s)	Birth date and age
Thomas Donald Ramsay	73rd-77th	5 (1993-2003)	(1939-12-14) December 14, 1939