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