Texas's 2nd congressional district

Texas's 2nd congressional district
Texas's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Ted Poe R–Humble
Cook PVI	R+16 (2012)

Texas's 2nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. It encompasses much of northern and western Houston.

From 2002-2012 it stretched from Houston's northern suburbs through eastern Harris County, and across Southeast Texas to the Louisiana border. As of the 2000 census, District 2 represented 651,619 people. The district's configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting, when most of the old 9th District was split among three neighboring districts. The remaining territory was made somewhat more Republican than its predecessor, with the addition of several strongly conservative suburban areas near Houston. The four-term Democratic incumbent in the 9th District, Nick Lampson, was unseated by Republican Ted Poe, a longtime felony court judge in Harris County.

2012 redistricting

The 2012 redistricting process radically changed the district. Beaumont, which had been part of the 2nd and its predecessors for over a century, was removed along with all of Jefferson County. All of Liberty County was removed as well, putting the district entirely within Harris County. The district now includes Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita in northeastern Harris County, then loops around northern and western Houston before moving toward the center of the city roughly following Interstate 10. The district will pass through Memorial Park, before turning south and capturing the strongly Democratic Montrose, Rice University, and parts of Braeswood.

Recent election results from presidential races

Year	Results
2000	Bush 63 - 37%
2004	Bush 63 - 36%
2008	McCain 60 - 40%

List of representatives

The district was formed in 1846, after Texas joined the Union.

Name	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		December 29, 1845
Vacant		December 29, 1845 – March 30, 1846
Timothy Pilsbury	Democratic	March 30, 1846 – March 3, 1849	[data missing]
Volney E. Howard	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	[data missing]
Peter H. Bell	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	[data missing]
Guy M. Bryan	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[data missing]
Andrew J. Hamilton	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[data missing]
American Civil War/Reconstruction		March 3, 1861 – March 31, 1870
John C. Conner	Democratic	March 31, 1870 – March 3, 1873	[data missing]
William P. McLean	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[data missing]
David B. Culberson	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	Redistricted to the 4th district
John H. Reagan	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887	Redistricted from the 1st district Re-elected in 1886, but resigned after being elected to the U.S. Senate
Vacant		March 4, 1887 – November 4, 1887
William H. Martin	Democratic	November 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	[data missing]
John Benjamin Long	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[data missing]
Samuel B. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905	Lost re-election
Moses L. Broocks	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	[data missing]
Samuel B. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	Lost re-election
Martin Dies, Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919	[data missing]
John C. Box	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	[data missing]
Martin Dies, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1945	[data missing]
Jesse M. Combs	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	[data missing]
Jack Brooks	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted to the 9th district
John V. Dowdy	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted from the 7th district
Charles Wilson	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	[data missing]
Jim Turner	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005	[data missing]
Ted Poe	Republican	January 3, 2005 – present	First elected in 2004

Election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ted Poe	139,951	55.5	+17.3
	Democratic	Nick Lampson	108,156	42.9	−17.9
	Libertarian	Sandra Saulsbury	3,931	1.6	+0.6
Majority			31,795	12.6
Turnout			252,038
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	+17.6

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present