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

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
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.
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.		29th Congress	1	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.
3	Matthias Ward	36th Congress	September 27, 1858 – December 5, 1859		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	36th Congress	Democratic					December 5, 1859 – March 23, 1861	Elected to finish Rusk's term. Withdrew.
4	Louis Wigfall	37th Congress						December 5, 1859 – March 23, 1861	Elected to finish Rusk's term. Withdrew.
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									Liberal Republican
6	Samuel B. Maxey	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887	Elected in 1875.				6			44th Congress	Republican
		45th Congress			7	Elected in 1876.	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 1882.
					49th Congress
7	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 1888. Retired.
		52nd Congress
8	Horace Chilton		Democratic	June 10, 1891 – March 22, 1892					Appointed to continue Reagan's term. Lost election to finish Reagan's term.
9	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 1894. Retired.	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Democratic	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	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	Rienzi Melville Johnston	7
								January 29, 1913 – February 3, 1913	Vacant
							Elected to finish Bailey's term.	February 3, 1913 – April 9, 1941	Democratic	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	William A. Blakley		Democratic	January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957					Appointed to continue Daniel's term. Retired when successor elected.
15	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	William A. Blakley	12
					87th Congress		Elected to finish Johnson's term.	June 15, 1961 – January 3, 1985	Republican	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	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	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
To be determined in the 2018 election.					30	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 October 2016, there are three former Senators who are living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Lloyd Bentsen of Class 1 (1971-1993) on May 23, 2006. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was John Tower (1961-1985) on April 5, 1991.

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

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List of United States Senators from Texas

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