List of United States Senators from Texas

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The List of United States Senators from Texas lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate belonged to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.

class 1

Ted Cruz
John Cornyn

Texas has been a US state since December 29, 1845 and has had 19 class 1 senators in Congress to date . Texas did not provide a senator during the Civil War .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Thomas Jefferson Rusk 1846-1857 democrat December 5, 1803-29. July 1857
James Pinckney Henderson 1857-1858 democrat March 31, 1808-4. June 1858
Matthias Ward 1858-1859 democrat October 13, 1805-5. October 1861
Louis Trezevant Wigfall 1859-1861 democrat April 21, 1816-18. February 1874
vacant
James Winright Flanagan 1870-1875 republican September 5, 1805-19. September 1887
Samuel Bell Maxey 1875-1887 democrat March 30, 1825-16. August 1895
John Henninger Reagan 1887-1891 democrat October 8, 1818–6. March 1905
Horace Chilton 1891-1892 democrat December 29, 1853-12. June 1932
Roger Quarles Mills 1892-1899 democrat March 30, 1832–2. September 1911
Charles Allen Culberson 1899-1923 democrat June 10, 1855-19. March 1925
Earle Bradford Mayfield 1923-1929 democrat April 12, 1881-23. June 1964
Thomas Terry Connally 1929-1953 democrat August 19, 1877-28. October 1963
Marion Price Daniel 1953-1957 democrat October 10, 1910-25. August 1988
William Arvis Blakley 1957 democrat November 17, 1898-5. January 1976
Ralph Webster Yarborough 1957-1971 democrat June 8, 1903-27. January 1996
Lloyd Millard Bentsen 1971-1993 democrat February 11, 1921-23. May 2006
Robert Charles Krueger 1993 democrat * September 19, 1935
Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison 1993-2013 republican * July 22, 1943
Rafael Edward Cruz since 2013 republican * December 22, 1970

2nd grade

Texas has 15 class 2 senators to date :

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Samuel Houston 1846-1859 democrat March 2, 1793-26. July 1863
John Hemphill 1859-1861 democrat December 18, 1803-3. January 1862
vacant
Morgan Calvin Hamilton 1870-1877 republican February 25, 1809-21. November 1893
Richard Coke 1877-1895 democrat March 13, 1829-14. May 1897
Horace Chilton 1895-1901 democrat December 29, 1853-12. June 1932
Joseph Weldon Bailey 1901-1913 democrat October 6, 1862-13. April 1929
Rienzi Melville Johnston 1913 democrat September 9, 1849-28. February 1926
John Morris Sheppard 1913-1941 democrat May 28, 1875-9. April 1941
Andrew Jackson Houston 1941 democrat June 21, 1854-26. June 1941
Wilbert Lee O'Daniel 1941-1949 democrat March 11, 1890-11. May 1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson 1949-1961 democrat August 27, 1908-22. January 1973
William Arvis Blakley 1961 democrat November 17, 1898-5. January 1976
John Goodwin Tower 1961-1985 republican September 29, 1925-5. April 1991
William Philip Gram 1985-2002 republican * July 8, 1942
John Cornyn since 2002 republican * February 2, 1952

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