| Name
|
Party
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Years
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Electoral history
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Counties represented[8]
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| Vacant
|
December 29, 1845 – March 30, 1846
|
| Timothy Pilsbury
|
Democratic
|
March 30, 1846 – March 3, 1849
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Elected in 1846. Re-elected November 2, 1846. Lost re-election.
|
Bexar, Milam, Robertson, Travis, Brazos, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Gonzales, Fayette, Austin, Harris, Colorado, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Goliad, Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, San Patricio
|
| Volney E. Howard
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
|
Elected late August 6, 1849. Re-elected late August 4, 1851. Lost re-election.
|
El Paso, Presidio, Bexar, Mclennan, Navarro, Tarrant, Ellis, Bell, Freestone, Limestone, Falls, Travis, Gillespie, Leon, Robertson, Milam, Williamson, Hays, Comal, Bexar, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Burleson, Brazos, Grimes, Walker, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Harris, Austin, Galveston, Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton, Colorado, Fayette, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Jackson, Calhoun, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio, Nueces, Webb, Starr, Cameron
|
 Peter H. Bell
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
|
Elected late August 1, 1853. Re-elected late August 6, 1855. Lost re-election.
|
 Guy M. Bryan
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
|
Elected late August 3, 1857. Retired.
|
 Andrew J. Hamilton
|
Independent Democratic
|
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
|
Elected late August 1, 1859. Retired.
|
Bexar, Milam, Robertson, Travis, Brazos, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Gonzales, Fayette, Austin, Harris, Colorado, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Goliad, Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, San Patricio
|
| American Civil War/Reconstruction
|
March 3, 1861 – March 31, 1870
|
| John C. Conner
|
Democratic
|
March 31, 1870 – March 3, 1873
|
Elected to finish vacant term. Re-elected late October 6, 1871. Retired because of failing health.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 William P. McLean
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
|
Elected in 1872. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 David B. Culberson
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
|
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878
|
Fannin, Lamar, Delta, Red River, Bowie, Hunt, Rains, Hopkins, Titus, Cass, Wood, Upshur, Marion, Van Zandt, Gregg, Harrison
|
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
|
Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 4th district.
|
Henderson, Anderson, Freestone, Cherokee, Robertson, Leon, Houston, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine
|
 John H. Reagan
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
|
Redistricted from the 1st district. Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886, but resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate
|
| Vacant
|
March 4, 1887 – November 4, 1887
|
| William H. Martin
|
Democratic
|
November 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
|
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
| John Benjamin Long
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
|
Elected in 1890. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Samuel B. Cooper
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905
|
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
|
Harrison, Panola, Shelby, Anderson, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Houston, San Augustine, Sabine, Polk, Tyler, Jasper, Newton, San Jacinto, Liberty, Hardin, Orange, Jefferson
|
| Moses L. Broocks
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
|
Elected in 1904. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Samuel B. Cooper
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
|
Elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
| Martin Dies, Sr.
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919
|
Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
| John C. Box
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931
|
Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Martin Dies Jr.
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1945
|
Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Retired.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
| Jesse M. Combs
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953
|
Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Jack Brooks
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1967
|
Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 9th district.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 John Dowdy
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973
|
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Charles Wilson
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997
|
Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Jim Turner
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005
|
Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. [Data unknown/missing.]
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Ted Poe
|
Republican
|
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2019
|
Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
|
 Dan Crenshaw
|
Republican
|
January 3, 2019 – Present
|
Elected in 2018.
|
[Data unknown/missing.]
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