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

John Cornyn (R)

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.						C	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 30, 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

•  United States portal
•  Texas portal
•  Politics portal

• United States congressional delegations from Texas
• List of United States representatives from Texas
• Elections in Texas

References

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