Name | Party | Years | Cong– ress | Electoral history |
District established March 4, 1875 |
John Hancock (Austin) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Redistricted from the 4th district re-elected in 1874. [data missing] |
Dewitt Clinton Giddings (Brenham) | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Elected in 1876. [data missing] |
George Washington Jones (Bastrop) | Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | 46th 47th | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing] |
James W. Throckmorton (McKinney) | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | 48th 49th | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data missing] |
Silas Hare (Sherman) | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | 50th 51st | Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing] |
Joseph W. Bailey (Gainesville) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901 | 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing] |
Choice B. Randell (Sherman) | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | 57th | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
James Andrew Beall (Waxahachie) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1915 | 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired. |
Hatton W. Sumners (Dallas) | Democratic | March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1947 | 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th | Redistricted from the at-large seat and re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired. |
Joseph Franklin Wilson (Dallas) | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955 | 80th 81st 82nd 83rd | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Retired. |
Bruce Alger (Dallas) | Republican | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 | 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th | Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election. |
Earle Cabell (Dallas) | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 | 89th 90th 91st 92nd | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
Alan Steelman (Mesquite) | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 | 93rd 94th | Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Jim Mattox (Dallas) | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | 95th 96th 97th | Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for Texas Attorney General. |
John Wiley Bryant (Dallas) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Pete Sessions (Dallas) | Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | 105th 106th 107th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 32nd district. |
Jeb Hensarling (Dallas) | Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2019 | 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th | Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired. |
Lance Gooden (Terrell) | Republican | January 3, 2019 – present | 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |