List of United States senators from Texas

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).

Current senators
Cornyn
John Cornyn (R)
Cruz
Ted Cruz (R)

List of senators

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.

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Class 2

Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.

# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
Vacant Dec 29, 1845 –
Feb 21, 1846		 Texas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. 1 29th 1 Texas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. Dec 29, 1845 –
Feb 21, 1846		 Vacant
1
Thomas Jefferson Rusk		 Democratic Feb 21, 1846 –
Jul 29, 1857		 Elected in 1846. Elected in 1846. Feb 21, 1846 –
Mar 3, 1859		 Democratic
Sam Houston		 1
30th 2 Re-elected in 1847.
31st
Re-elected in 1851. 2 32nd
33rd 3 Re-elected in 1853.
Retired.
34th
Re-elected in 1857.
Died.		 3 35th
Vacant Jul 29, 1857 –
Nov 9, 1857		  
2
J. Pinckney Henderson		 Democratic Nov 9, 1857 –
Jun 4, 1858		 Appointed to finish Rusk's term.
Died.
Vacant Jun 4, 1858 –
Sep 27, 1858		  
3
Matthias Ward		 Democratic Sep 27, 1858 –
Dec 5, 1859		 Appointed to continue Rusk's term.
Lost nomination to finish Rusk's term.
36th 4 Elected in 1859.
Expelled following Texas's secession from the Union.		 Mar 4, 1859 –
Jul 11, 1861		 Democratic
John Hemphill		 2
4
Louis Wigfall		 Democratic Dec 5, 1859 –
Mar 23, 1861		 Elected to finish Rusk's term.
Withdrew.
37th
Vacant Mar 23, 1861 –
Mar 30, 1870		 Civil War and reconstruction.
Civil War and reconstruction. Jul 11, 1861 –
Mar 31, 1870		 Vacant
4 38th
39th 5
40th
5 41st
5
J. W. Flanagan		 Republican Mar 30, 1870 –
Mar 3, 1875		 Elected upon readmission.
Elected upon readmission. Mar 31, 1870 –
Mar 3, 1877		 Republican
Morgan C. Hamilton		 3
42nd 6 Re-elected in 1871.
Retired.
43rd Liberal Republican
6
Samuel B. Maxey		 Democratic Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1887		 Elected in 1875. 6 44th Republican
45th 7 Elected in 1876. Mar 4, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1895		 Democratic
Richard Coke		 4
46th
Re-elected in 1881.
Lost re-election.		 7 47th
48th 8 Re-elected in 1882.
49th
7
John H. Reagan		 Democratic Mar 4, 1887 –
Jun 10, 1891		 Elected in 1887.
Resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas.		 8 50th
51st 9 Re-elected in 1888.
Retired.
52nd
8
Horace Chilton		 Democratic Jun 10, 1891 –
Mar 22, 1892		 Appointed to continue Reagan's term.
Lost election to finish Reagan's term.
9
Roger Q. Mills		 Democratic Mar 23, 1892 –
Mar 3, 1899		 Elected to finish Reagan's term.
Re-elected in 1893.
Retired.		 9 53rd
54th 10 Elected in 1894.
Retired.		 Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1901		 Democratic
Horace Chilton		 5
55th
10
Charles A. Culberson		 Democratic Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 3, 1923		 Elected in 1899. 10 56th
57th 11 Elected in 1901. Mar 4, 1901 –
Jan 3, 1913		 Democratic
Joseph W. Bailey		 6
58th
Re-elected in 1905.[1] 11 59th
60th 12 Re-elected in 1907.
Resigned.
61st
Re-elected in 1911. 12 62nd
Appointed to continue Bailey's term.
Lost election to finish Bailey's term.
Retired.		 Jan 4, 1913 –
Jan 29, 1913		 Democratic
Rienzi Melville Johnston		 7
  Jan 29, 1913 –
Feb 3, 1913		 Vacant
Elected in 1913 to finish Bailey's term. Feb 3, 1913 –
Apr 9, 1941		 Democratic
Morris Sheppard		 8
63rd 13 Elected in 1913 to the full term.
64th
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.		 13 65th
66th 14 Re-elected in 1918.
67th
11
Earle B. Mayfield		 Democratic Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 3, 1929		 Elected in 1922.
Lost renomination.		 14 68th
69th 15 Re-elected in 1924.
70th
12
Tom Connally		 Democratic Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1953		 Elected in 1928. 15 71st
72nd 16 Re-elected in 1930.
73rd
Re-elected in 1934. 16 74th
75th 17 Re-elected in 1936.
Died.
76th
Re-elected in 1940. 17 77th
  Apr 9, 1941 –
Apr 21, 1941		 Vacant
Appointed to continue Sheppard's term.
Died.		 Apr 21, 1941 –
Jun 26, 1941		 Democratic
Andrew J. Houston		 9
  Jun 26, 1941 –
Aug 4, 1941		 Vacant
Elected to finish Sheppard's term. Aug 4, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1949		 Democratic
W. Lee O'Daniel		 10
78th 18 Re-elected in 1942.
Retired.
79th
Re-elected in 1946.
Retired.		 18 80th
81st 19 Elected in 1948. Jan 3, 1949 –
Jan 3, 1961		 Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson		 11
82nd
13
Price Daniel		 Democratic Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 14, 1957		 Elected in 1952.
Resigned to become Governor of Texas.		 19 83rd
84th 20 Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1960, but resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
85th
14
Bill Blakley		 Democratic Jan 15, 1957 –
Apr 28, 1957		 Appointed to continue Daniel's term.
Retired when his successor was elected.
15
Ralph Yarborough		 Democratic Apr 29, 1957 –
Jan 3, 1971		 Elected to finish Daniel's term.
Re-elected in 1958. 20 86th
87th 21 Appointed to begin Johnson's term.
Lost election to finish Johnson's term.		 Jan 3, 1961 –
Jun 14, 1961		 Democratic
Bill Blakley		 12
Elected May 27, 1961 to finish Johnson's term. Jun 15, 1961 –
Jan 3, 1985		 Republican
John Tower		 13
88th
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost renomination.		 21 89th
90th 22 Re-elected in 1966.
91st
16
Lloyd Bentsen		 Democratic Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 20, 1993		 Elected in 1970. 22 92nd
93rd 23 Re-elected in 1972.
94th
Re-elected in 1976. 23 95th
96th 24 Re-elected in 1978.
Retired.
97th
Re-elected in 1982. 24 98th
99th 25 Elected in 1984. Jan 3, 1985 –
Nov 30, 2002		 Republican
Phil Gramm		 14
100th
Re-elected in 1988.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.		 25 101st
102nd 26 Re-elected in 1990.
103rd
Vacant Jan 20, 1993 –
Jan 21, 1993		  
17
Bob Krueger		 Democratic Jan 21, 1993 –
Jun 14, 1993		 Appointed to continue Bentsen's term.
Lost election to finish Bentsen's term.
18
Kay Bailey Hutchison		 Republican Jun 14, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2013		 Elected in 1993 to finish Bentsen's term.
Re-elected in 1994. 26 104th
105th 27 Re-elected in 1996.
Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
106th
Re-elected in 2000. 27 107th
  Nov 30, 2002 –
Dec 2, 2002		 Vacant
Appointed to finish Gramm's term, having been elected to the next term. Dec 2, 2002 –
present		 Republican
John Cornyn		 15
108th 28 Elected in 2002.
109th
Re-elected in 2006.
Retired.		 28 110th
111th 29 Re-elected in 2008.
112th
19
Ted Cruz		 Republican Jan 3, 2013 –
present		 Elected in 2012. 29 113th
114th 30 Re-elected in 2014.
115th
Re-elected in 2018. 30 116th
117th 31 Re-elected in 2020.
118th
To be determined in the 2024 election. 31 119th
120th 32 To be determined in the 2026 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 2

See also

References
  1. The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108.
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