Texas's 1st House of Representatives district

Texas's 1st State House of Representatives district
Representative	Gary VanDeaver R–New Boston
Demographics	70.8% White 19.8% Black 6.9% Hispanic 2.5% Other
Population  • Voting age	165,823 75.9

District 1 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives that encompasses all of Bowie, Franklin, Lamar, and Red River Counties. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849-1851). The district has been represented by Gary VanDeaver since January 13, 2015.

List of Representatives

Leg.	Portrait	Representative	Term start	Term end	Counties represented
3rd	[data missing]	Burrell P. Smith	November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Red River
4th	[data missing]	Napoleon B. Charlton	November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Jefferson, Tyler
5th		Hardin R. Runnels	November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Bowie
6th	[data missing]	Howell W. Runnels Sr.	November 21, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th			November 2, 1857	November 7, 1859
8th		Solomon H. Pirkey	November 12, 1859	March 18, 1861
9th		Edward B. Pickett	November 4, 1861	March 1, 1862	Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange
	[data missing]	Isaiah Junker	February 2, 1863	November 2, 1863
10th	File:Frederick Forney Foscue.jpg	Frederick F. Foscue	November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th		Ambrose D. Kent	August 7, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th		Thomas J. Chambers	February 8, 1870	January 14, 1873	Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler
		Joseph G. Smyth	February 10, 1870	January 14, 1873
		W. T. Simmons	February 16, 1870	January 14, 1873
13th		James Armstrong	January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
		Henry H. Ford	January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
		Arthur T. Watts	January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
14th		James B. Simpson	January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
		Dan Triplett	January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
14th 15th		Pinkney S. Watts	January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
			April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty
16th		James W. Carlton	January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th		William L. Douglass	January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th			January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange
19th		Charles F. Stevens	January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th		Hugh E. Jackson	January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st		Jerome Swinford	January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891
22nd		George C. O'Brien	January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd		F. M. Ball	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Bowie
24th		R. D. Harrell	January 8, 1895	March 10, 1895
		Frank M. Brooks	April 16, 1895	January 12, 1897
25th		J. D. Alexander	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
26th		William C. Rochelle	January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th			August 12, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th			January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905
29th		Joseph A. Dodd	January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th			January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
31st		Norman Dalby	January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
32nd		Lewis Henry	January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd			January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915
34th		R. H. Jones	January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
35th			January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th		Sid Crumpton	January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th			January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
38th		Joseph A. Dodd	January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925
39th		William J. Simmons	January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
40th			January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
41st			January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
42nd		Joseph A. Dodd	January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
43rd		Jasper N. Reed	January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th			January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th			January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th		Joseph S. White Jr.	January 10, 1939	January 14, 1941
47th		Jasper N. Reed	January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th		Winford L. Dunn Sr.	January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th			January 9, 1945	January 14, 1947
50th		Joe T. Kennington	January 14, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st		Jim T. Lindsey Sr.	January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd			January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
53rd			January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955
54th			January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
53rd		Thomas H. Stilwell	January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955
54th			January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
55th		Leslie C. Terrell	January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
		George W. McCoppin	January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
56th		Leslie C. Terrell	January 13, 1959	January 10, 1961
		George W. McCoppin
57th		Robert W. Bass	January 10, 1961	January 8, 1963
		George W. McCoppin
58th		Robert W. Bass	January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965
59th			January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th			January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969
61st		Ed Howard	January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971
62nd			January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd			January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975	Bowie, Red River
64th		Hamp Atkinson	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		Alex H. Short Jr.	January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985
69th			January 8, 1985	January 13, 1987
70th		Barry B. Telford	January 13, 1987	January 10, 1989	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
71st			January 10, 1989	January 8, 1991	Bowie, Cass
72nd			January 8, 1991	January 12, 1993
73rd			January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th			January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th			January 12, 1999	January 9, 2001	Bowie, Red River
77th			January 9, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th			January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005
79th		Stephen J. Frost	January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
80th			January 9, 2007	January 13, 2009
81st			January 13, 2009	January 11, 2011
82nd		George Lavender	January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd			January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015
84th		Gary VanDeaver	January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017	Bowie, Franklin, Lamar, Red River
85th			January 10, 2017	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2021

Living past Representatives

Representative	Legislature(s)	Elected time	Birth date and age
Barry B. Telford	70th-78th	18 years ± 2 days	October 24, 1946 (age 71)
Stephen James Frost	79th-81st	6 years	March 30, 1972 (age 45)
George Lavender	82nd-83rd	4 years ± 2 days	September 7, 1955 (aged 62)