List of United States Senators from Texas

Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845. Its senators are of Class 1 and Class 2. Its current senators are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

Class 1 1
Class 2 2
See also 3

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Jefferson Rusk	Democratic	February 21, 1846 – July 29, 1857	29	1	Elected in 1846
				30
				31
				32	2	Re-elected in 1851
				33
				34
				35	3	Re-elected in 1857 Died
Vacant			July 29, 1857 – November 9, 1857
2	James Pinckney Henderson	Democratic	November 9, 1857 – June 4, 1858			Died
Vacant			June 4, 1858 – September 27, 1858
3	Matthias Ward	Democratic	September 27, 1858 – December 5, 1859	35 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Henderson's term Lost nomination to finish Rusk's term
3	Matthias Ward	Democratic	September 27, 1858 – December 5, 1859	36
4	Louis Wigfall	Democratic	December 5, 1859 – March 23, 1861	36 (Continued)		Elected to finish Henderson's term Withdrew
4	Louis Wigfall	Democratic	December 5, 1859 – March 23, 1861	37		Elected to finish Henderson's term Withdrew
Vacant			March 23, 1861 – March 30, 1870	37 (Continued)		U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
				38	4
				39
				40
				41	5
5	James W. Flanagan	Republican	March 30, 1870 – March 3, 1875	41 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term
				42
				43
6	Samuel B. Maxey	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887	44	6	Elected in 1875
				45
				46
				47	7	Re-elected in 1881 Lost re-election
				48
				49
7	John Henninger Reagan	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – June 10, 1891	50	8	Elected in 1887 Resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas
				51
				52
8	Horace Chilton	Democratic	June 10, 1891 – March 22, 1892	52		Appointed to continue Reagan's term Lost election to finish Reagan's term
9	Roger Q. Mills	Democratic	March 23, 1892 – March 4, 1899	52 (Continued)		Elected to finish Reagan's term
				53	9	Re-elected in 1893 Retired
				54
				55
10	Charles Allen Culberson	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1923	56	10	Elected in 1899
				57
				58
				59	11	Re-elected in 1905
				60
				61
				62	12	Re-elected in 1911
				63
				64
				65	13	Re-elected in 1916 Lost re-election
				66
				67
11	Earle B. Mayfield	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929	68	14	Elected in 1922 Lost renomination
				69
				70
12	Tom Connally	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1953	71	15	Elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	16	Re-elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	17	Re-elected in 1940
				78
				79
				80	18	Re-elected in 1946 Retired
				81
				82
13	Price Daniel	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 14, 1957	83	19	Elected in 1952 Resigned
				84
				85
14	William A. Blakley	Democratic	January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957	85		Appointed to continue Daniel's term Retired when successor elected
15	Ralph Yarborough	Democratic	April 29, 1957 – January 3, 1971	85 (Continued)		Elected to finish Daniel's term
				86	20	Re-elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	21	Re-elected in 1964 Lost renomination
				90
				91
16	Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993	92	22	Elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	23	Re-elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	24	Re-elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	25	Re-elected in 1988 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
				102
				103
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	103 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bentsen's term
				104	26	Re-elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	27	Re-elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	28	Re-elected in 2006 Retired
				111
				112
19	Ted Cruz	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113	29	Elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Sam Houston	Independent	February 21, 1846 – March 4, 1859	29	1	Elected in 1846
				30	2	Re-elected in 1847
				31
				32
				33	3	Re-elected in 1853 Retired
				34
				35
2	John Hemphill	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – July 11, 1861	36	4	Elected in 1859 Expelled following Texas's secession from the Union
2	John Hemphill	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – July 11, 1861	37
Vacant			July 11, 1861 – March 31, 1870	37 (Continued)
				38		U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
				39	5	U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
				40
				41
3	Morgan C. Hamilton	Republican	March 31, 1870 – March 4, 1877	41 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term
				42	6	Re-elected in 1871 Retired
				43
				44
4	Richard Coke	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1895	45	7	Elected in 1877
				46
				47
				48	8	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	9	Re-elected in 1889 Retired
				52
				53
5	Horace Chilton	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	54	10	Elected in 1895 Retired
				55
				56
6	Joseph Weldon Bailey	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – January 3, 1913	57	11	Elected in 1901
				58
				59
				60	12	Re-elected in 1907 Resigned
				61
				62
7	Rienzi Melville Johnston	Democratic	January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913			Appointed to continue Bailey's term Retired when successor elected
Vacant			January 29, 1913 – February 3, 1913
8	Morris Sheppard	Democratic	February 3, 1913 – April 9, 1941			Elected to finish Bailey's term
				63	13	Re-elected in 1913
				64
				65
				66	14	Re-elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	15	Re-elected in 1924
				70
				71
				72	16	Re-elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	17	Re-elected in 1936 Died
				76
				77
Vacant			April 9, 1941 – April 21, 1941
9	Andrew Jackson Houston	Democratic	April 21, 1941 – June 26, 1941			Appointed to continue Sheppard's term Died
Vacant			June 26, 1941 – August 4, 1941
10	W. Lee O'Daniel	Democratic	August 4, 1941 – January 3, 1949			Elected to finish Sheppard's term
				78	18	Re-elected in 1942 Retired
				79
				80
11	Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	81	19	Elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	20	Re-elected in 1954 Re-elected in 1960, but resigned at the end of the term to become U.S. Vice President
				85
				86
12	William A. Blakley	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – June 14, 1961	87	21	Appointed to begin Johnson's term Lost election to finish Johnson's term
13	John Tower	Republican	June 15, 1961 – January 3, 1985	87 (Continued)		Elected to finish Johnson's term
				88
				89
				90	22	Re-elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	23	Re-elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	24	Re-elected in 1978 Retired
				97
				98
14	Phil Gramm	Republican	January 3, 1985 – November 30, 2002	99	25	Elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	26	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	27	Re-elected in 1996 Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				106
				107
Vacant			November 30, 2002 – December 2, 2002	107
15	John Cornyn	Republican	December 2, 2002 – Present	107 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Gramm's term, having been elected to the next term
				108	28	Elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	29	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
				114	30	Re-elected in 2014
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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