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List of United States senators from Texas

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Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas. Morris Sheppard was Texas's longest-serving senator (1913–1941).

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Dec 29, 1845 – Feb 21, 1846 | Texas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. | | Texas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. | nowrap | Dec 29, 1845 – Feb 21, 1846

|- ! rowspan=7 | 1 Thomas Jefferson Rusk Jul 29, 1857 | Elected in 1846. Mar 3, 1859 Sam Houston ! rowspan=11 | 1

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1857.Died. |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 2 J. Pinckney Henderson | | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 9, 1857 – Jun 4, 1858 | Appointed to finish Rusk's term.Died.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 3 Matthias Ward Dec 5, 1859

|- style="height:2em" | Jul 11, 1861 John Hemphill ! rowspan=4 | 2

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 Louis Wigfall Mar 23, 1861

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 5 J. W. Flanagan Mar 3, 1875

|- style="height:2em" | Elected upon readmission. Mar 3, 1877 Morgan C. Hamilton ! rowspan=4 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 6 Samuel B. Maxey Mar 3, 1887 | | | Republican

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1895 Richard Coke ! rowspan=11 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 John H. Reagan Jun 10, 1891 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 8 Horace Chilton | | Democratic | nowrap | Jun 10, 1891 – Mar 22, 1892 | Appointed to continue Reagan's term.Lost election to finish Reagan's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 9 Roger Q. Mills Mar 3, 1899 | Elected to finish Reagan's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1901 Horace Chilton ! rowspan=3 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 10 Charles A. Culberson Mar 3, 1923 |

|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1913 Joseph W. Bailey ! rowspan=6 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Bailey's term.Lost election to finish Bailey's term.Retired. | nowrap | Jan 4, 1913 – Jan 29, 1913 | |Democratic Rienzi Melville Johnston ! 7

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|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1913 to finish Bailey's term. Apr 9, 1941 Morris Sheppard ! rowspan=16 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 11 Earle B. Mayfield Mar 3, 1929 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 12 Tom Connally Jan 3, 1953 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Sheppard's term.Died. | nowrap | Apr 21, 1941 – Jun 26, 1941 | |Democratic Andrew J. Houston ! 9

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|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Sheppard's term. Jan 3, 1949 W. Lee O'Daniel ! rowspan=4 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1961 Lyndon B. Johnson ! rowspan=8 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 Price Daniel Jan 14, 1957 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 14 Bill Blakley | | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 15, 1957 – Apr 28, 1957 | Appointed to continue Daniel's term.Retired when his successor was elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 15 Ralph Yarborough Jan 3, 1971 | Elected to finish Daniel's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | | Appointed to begin Johnson's term.Lost election to finish Johnson's term. | nowrap | Jan 3, 1961 – Jun 14, 1961 | |Democratic Bill Blakley ! 12

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1985 John Tower ! rowspan=12 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 16 Lloyd Bentsen Jan 20, 1993 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Nov 30, 2002 Phil Gramm ! rowspan=12 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" ! 17 Bob Krueger | | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 21, 1993 – Jun 14, 1993 | Appointed to continue Bentsen's term.Lost election to finish Bentsen's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 18 Kay Bailey Hutchison Jan 3, 2013 | Elected in 1993 to finish Bentsen's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Gramm's term, having been elected to the next term. present John Cornyn ! rowspan=13 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 19 Ted Cruz present |

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|- style="height:2em" | 32 | 122nd

References

References

  1. (1905). "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906". The Press Publishing Co. [[New York World]].
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