List of United States Senators from Texas: Wikis

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Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845. Its senators are of Class I and Class II. Its current senators are Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, both of whom are members of the Republican Party.

1 Class I
2 Class II
3 See also

Class I

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/Notes
Thomas Jefferson Rusk	Democratic	February 21, 1846	July 29, 1857	Died	President pro tempore (1857)
James Pinckney Henderson	Democratic	November 9, 1857	June 4, 1858	Died	Governor of Texas (1846–1847) Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas (1837) Attorney General of the Republic of Texas (1836)
Matthias Ward	Democratic	September 27, 1858	December 5, 1859	Successor elected
Louis Wigfall	Democratic	December 5, 1859	March 23, 1861	Expelled following Texas's secession from the Union	Confederate States Senator (1862–1865)
James W. Flanagan	Republican	March 30, 1870	March 3, 1875		Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1869–1870)
Samuel B. Maxey	Democratic	March 4, 1875	March 4, 1887	Successor elected
John Henninger Reagan	Democratic	March 4, 1887	June 10, 1891	Resigned	U.S. Representative (1857–1861; 1875–1887) Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (1865) Confederate States Postmaster General (1861–1865)
Horace Chilton	Democratic	June 10, 1891	March 22, 1892	Successor elected	Also served in Texas's Class II seat
Roger Q. Mills	Democratic	March 23, 1892	March 4, 1899	Retired	U.S. Representative (1873–1892)
Charles Allen Culberson	Democratic	March 4, 1899	March 4, 1923	Lost re-election	Governor of Texas (1895–1899) Texas Attorney General (1890–1894)
Earle Bradford Mayfield	Democratic	March 4, 1923	March 4, 1929	Lost renomination
Tom Connally	Democratic	March 4, 1929	January 3, 1953	Retired	U.S. Representative (1917–1929)
Price Daniel	Democratic	January 3, 1953	January 14, 1957	Resigned	Governor of Texas (1957–1963) Texas Attorney General (1946–1953) Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1943) Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1971–1978)
William A. Blakley	Democratic	January 15, 1957	April 28, 1957	Retired	Also served in Texas's Class II seat
Ralph Yarborough	Democratic	April 29, 1957	January 3, 1971	Lost renomination
Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	January 3, 1971	January 20, 1993	Resigned	United States Secretary of the Treasury (1993–1994) Democratic vice-presidential nominee (1988) U.S. Representative (1948–1955)
Bob Krueger	Democratic	January 23, 1993	June 14, 1993	Lost re-election	United States Ambassador to Botswana (1996–1999) United States Ambassador to Burundi (1994–1995) U.S. Representative (1975–1979)
Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	June 14, 1993	Present	Incumbent	Texas State Treasurer (1991–1993)

Class II

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/Notes
Sam Houston	Democratic	February 21, 1846	March 4, 1859		President of the Republic of Texas (1836–1841; 1841–1844) Governor of Texas (1859–1861) Governor of Tennessee (1827–1829)
John Hemphill	Democratic	March 4, 1859	1861	Expelled following Texas's secession from the Union	Chief Justice of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (1840–1845) Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1846–1858)
Morgan C. Hamilton	Republican	March 31, 1870	March 4, 1877	Retired
Richard Coke	Democratic	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1895	Retired	Governor of Texas (1874–1876) Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1866–1867)
Horace Chilton	Democratic	March 4, 1895	March 4, 1901	Retired	Also served in Texas's Class I seat
Joseph Weldon Bailey	Democratic	March 4, 1901	January 3, 1913	Resigned	U.S. Representative (1981–1901)
Rienzi Melville Johnston	Democratic	January 4, 1913	January 29, 1913	Successor elected and qualified
Morris Sheppard	Democratic	February 3, 1913	April 9, 1941	Died	U.S. Representative (1901–1913)
Andrew Jackson Houston	Democratic	April 21, 1941	June 26, 1941	Died
W. Lee O'Daniel	Democratic	August 4, 1941	January 3, 1949	Retired	Governor of Texas (1939–1941)
Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1961	Resigned	President of the United States (1963–1969) Vice President of the United States (1961–1963) Senate Democratic Leader (1953–1961) Senate Democratic Whip (1951–1953) U.S. Representative (1937–1949)
William A. Blakley	Democratic	January 3, 1961	June 14, 1961	Lost re-election	Also served in Texas's Class I seat
John Tower	Republican	June 15, 1961	January 3, 1985	Retired	Chair of the Tower Commission (1986–1987)
Phil Gramm	Republican	January 3, 1985	November 30, 2002	Retired	U.S. Representative (1979–1985)
John Cornyn	Republican	December 2, 2002	Present	Incumbent	Texas Attorney General (1992–2002)

United States Congressional Delegations from Texas: Texas members of both houses by year and seat
Category:United States Senators from Texas: Senators in alphabetic order
Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas: House members alphabetically
- List of United States Representatives from Texas

Texas's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), John Cornyn (R)

Representative(s)	Louie Gohmert (R), Ted Poe (R), Sam Johnson (R), Ralph Hall (R), Jeb Hensarling (R), Joe Barton (R), John Culberson (R), Kevin Brady (R), Al Green (D), Michael McCaul (R), Mike Conaway (R), Kay Granger (R), Mac Thornberry (R), Ron Paul (R), Rubén Hinojosa (D), Silvestre Reyes (D), Chet Edwards (D), Sheila Jackson Lee (D), Randy Neugebauer (R), Charlie Gonzalez (D), Lamar S. Smith (R), Pete Olson (R), Ciro Rodriguez (D), Kenny Marchant (R), Lloyd Doggett (D), Michael C. Burgess (R), Solomon P. Ortiz (D), Henry Cuellar (D), Gene Green (D), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D), John Carter (R), Pete Sessions (R)

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