List of United States senators from Texas

Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845. Its senators are of Class 1 and Class 2. Its senators are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Vacant			December 29, 1845 – February 21, 1846	Texas did not elect its Senators until two months after statehood.	1	29th	1	Texas did not elect its Senators until two months after statehood.	December 29, 1845 – February 21, 1846	Vacant
1	Thomas Jefferson Rusk	Democratic	February 21, 1846 – July 29, 1857	Elected in 1846.				Elected in 1846.	February 21, 1846 – March 4, 1859	Democratic	Sam Houston	1
						30th	2	Re-elected in 1847.
						31st
				Re-elected in 1851.	2	32nd
						33rd	3	Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
						34th
				Re-elected in 1857. Died.	3	35th
Vacant			July 29, 1857 – November 9, 1857
2	James Pinckney Henderson	Democratic	November 9, 1857 – June 4, 1858	Appointed to finish Rusk's term. Died.
Vacant			June 4, 1858 – September 27, 1858
3	Matthias Ward	Democratic	September 27, 1858 – December 5, 1859	Appointed to continue Rusk's term. Lost nomination to finish Rusk's term.
						36th	4	Elected in 1859. Expelled following Texas's secession from the Union.	March 4, 1859 – July 11, 1861	Democratic	John Hemphill	2
4	Louis Wigfall	Democratic	December 5, 1859 – March 23, 1861	Elected to finish Rusk's term. Withdrew.
						37th
Vacant			March 23, 1861 – March 30, 1870	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
								U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	July 11, 1861 – March 31, 1870	Vacant
					4	38th
						39th	5
						40th
					5	41st
5	James W. Flanagan	Republican	March 30, 1870 – March 3, 1875	Elected to finish the vacant term. [data missing].
								Elected to finish the vacant term.	March 31, 1870 – March 4, 1877	Republican	Morgan C. Hamilton	3
						42nd	6	Re-elected in 1871. Retired.
						43rd
6	Samuel B. Maxey	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887	Elected in 1875.	6	44th
						45th	7	Elected in 1877.	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	Richard Coke	4
						46th
				Re-elected in 1881. Lost re-election.	7	47th
						48th	8	Re-elected in 1883.
						49th
7	John Henninger Reagan	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – June 10, 1891	Elected in 1887. Resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas.	8	50th
						51st	9	Re-elected in 1889. Retired.
						52nd
8	Horace Chilton	Democratic	June 10, 1891 – March 22, 1892	Appointed to continue Reagan's term. Lost election to finish Reagan's term.
9	Roger Q. Mills	Democratic	March 23, 1892 – March 4, 1899	Elected to finish Reagan's term.
				Re-elected in 1893. Retired.	9	53rd
						54th	10	Elected in 1895. Retired.	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Democratic	Horace Chilton	5
						55th
10	Charles Allen Culberson	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1899.	10	56th
						57th	11	Elected in 1901.	March 4, 1901 – January 3, 1913	Democratic	Joseph Weldon Bailey	6
						58th
				Re-elected in 1905.	11	59th
						60th	12	Re-elected in 1907. Resigned.
						61st
				Re-elected in 1911.	12	62nd
								Appointed to continue Bailey's term. Retired when successor elected.	January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913	Democratic	Rienzi Melville Johnston	7
									January 29, 1913 – February 3, 1913	Vacant
								Elected to finish Bailey's term.	February 3, 1913 – April 9, 1941	Democratic	Morris Sheppard	8
						63rd	13	Re-elected in 1913.
						64th
				Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	13	65th
						66th	14	Re-elected in 1918.
						67th
11	Earle B. Mayfield	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929	Elected in 1922. Lost renomination.	14	68th
						69th	15	Re-elected in 1924.
						70th
12	Tom Connally	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1928.	15	71st
						72nd	16	Re-elected in 1930.
						73rd
				Re-elected in 1934.	16	74th
						75th	17	Re-elected in 1936. Died.
						76th
				Re-elected in 1940.	17	77th
									April 9, 1941 – April 21, 1941	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Sheppard's term. Died.	April 21, 1941 – June 26, 1941	Democratic	Andrew Jackson Houston	9
									June 26, 1941 – August 4, 1941	Vacant
								Elected to finish Sheppard's term.	August 4, 1941 – January 3, 1949	Democratic	W. Lee O'Daniel	10
						78th	18	Re-elected in 1942. Retired.
						79th
				Re-elected in 1946. Retired.	18	80th
						81st	19	Elected in 1948.	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson	11
						82nd
13	Price Daniel	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 14, 1957	Elected in 1952. Resigned.	19	83rd
						84th	20	Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1960, but resigned at the end of the term to become U.S. Vice President.
						85th
14	William A. Blakley	Democratic	January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957	Appointed to continue Daniel's term. Retired when successor elected.
15	Ralph Yarborough	Democratic	April 29, 1957 – January 3, 1971	Elected to finish Daniel's term.
				Re-elected in 1958.	20	86th
						87th	21	Appointed to begin Johnson's term. Lost election to finish Johnson's term.	January 3, 1961 – June 14, 1961	Democratic	William A. Blakley	12
								Elected to finish Johnson's term.	June 15, 1961 – January 3, 1985	Republican	John Tower	13
						88th
				Re-elected in 1964. Lost renomination.	21	89th
						90th	22	Re-elected in 1966.
						91st
16	Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993	Elected in 1970.	22	92nd
						93rd	23	Re-elected in 1972.
						94th
				Re-elected in 1976.	23	95th
						96th	24	Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
						97th
				Re-elected in 1982.	24	98th
						99th	25	Elected in 1984.	January 3, 1985 – November 30, 2002	Republican	Phil Gramm	14
						100th
				Re-elected in 1988. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.	25	101st
						102nd	26	Re-elected in 1990.
						103rd
Vacant			January 20, 1993 – January 23, 1993
17	Bob Krueger	Democratic	January 23, 1993 – June 14, 1993	Appointed to continue Bentsen's term. Lost election to finish Bentsen's term.
18	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	June 14, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Elected to finish Bentsen's term.
				Re-elected in 1994.	26	104th
						105th	27	Re-elected in 1996. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
						106th
				Re-elected in 2000.	27	107th
									November 30, 2002 – December 2, 2002	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Gramm's term, having been elected to the next term.	December 2, 2002 – Present	Republican	John Cornyn	15
						108th	28	Elected in 2002.
						109th
				Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	28	110th
						111th	29	Re-elected in 2008.
						112th
19	Ted Cruz	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012.	29	113th
						114th	30	Re-elected in 2014.
						115th
To be determined in the 2018 election.					30	116th
						117th	31	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

List of living former Senators

As of April 2015, there are three former Senators who are living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Phil Gramm	1985–2002	2	(1942-07-09) July 9, 1942
Bob Krueger	1993	1	(1935-09-19) September 19, 1935
Kay Bailey Hutchison	1993–2013	1	(1943-07-22) July 22, 1943

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from Texas
• List of United States Representatives from Texas