U.S. Senators from Texas, 1846-2017(May beincomplete!)
SamHouston 1846-59ThomasJ. Rusk 1846-57J.Pinckney Henderson 1857-58MatthiasWard 1858-59JohnHemphill 1859-61LouisT. Wigfall 1859-61JamesW. Flanagan 1869-75MorganC. Hamilton 1870-77SamuelBell Maxey 1875-87RichardCoke 1877-95JohnH. Reagan 1887-91HoraceChilton 1891-92RogerQ. Mills 1892-99HoraceChilton 1895-1901CharlesA. Culberson 1899-1923JosephW. Bailey 1901-13RienziMelville Johnston 1913MorrisSheppard 1913-41EarleB. Mayfield 1923-29TomT. Connally 1929-53AndrewJackson Houston 1941W.Lee O'Daniel 1941-49LyndonB. Johnson 1949-61PriceDaniel 1953-57WilliamA. Blakley 1957RalphW. Yarborough 1957-71WilliamA. Blakley 1961JohnG. Tower 1961-85LloydM. Bentsen 1971-93PhilGramm 1985-BobKrueger 1993KayBailey Hutchison 1993-JohnCornyn 2002-TedCruz 2013- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1857 Jul 29:ThomasJ. Rusk, died in office. 1858 Jun 4:J.Pinckney Henderson, died in office. 1916:GeorgeF. Burgess, defeated for nomination. 1916:OscarB. Colquitt (Dem), defeated in primary. 1916 Nov 7:CharlesA. Culberson (Dem), elected;AlexanderW. Acheson (Rep), defeated;F.A. Hickey (Socialist), defeated;F.H. Combeau (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:MorrisSheppard (Dem), elected;WebsterFlanagan (Rep), defeated;M.A. Smith (Socialist), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:EarleB. Mayfield (Dem), elected;GeorgeE. B. Peddy (Ind), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:MorrisSheppard (Dem), elected;T.M. Kennerly (Rep), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:TomT. Connally (Dem), elected;T.M. Kennerly (Rep), defeated;DavidCurran (Socialist), defeated;JohnRust (Communist), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:MorrisSheppard (Dem), elected;DoranJ. Haesly (Rep), defeated;GuyL. Smith (Socialist), defeated;W.A. Berry (Communist), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:MorrisSheppard (Dem), elected;CarlosG. Watson (Rep), defeated;GertrudeWilson (Union), defeated;W.B. Starr (Socialist), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:TomT. Connally (Dem), elected;GeorgeI. Shannon (Rep), defeated;HomerBrooks (Communist), defeated. 1941 Apr 9:MorrisSheppard, died in office. 1941 Jun 26:AndrewJackson Houston, died in office. 1942:DanMoody (Dem), defeated in primary. 1942:JamesV. Allred, defeated. 1946 Nov 5:TomT. Connally (Dem), elected;MurrayC. Sells (Rep), defeated. 1948:CokeR. Stevenson, defeated for nomination. 1948:GeorgeE. B. Peddy (Dem), defeated in primary. 1952:LindleyBeckworth, defeated for nomination. 1957 Apr 2:RalphW. Yarborough (Dem), elected;MartinDies (Dem), defeated;ThadT. Hutcheson (Rep), defeated;SearcyBracewell (Dem), defeated;JamesP. Hart (Dem), defeated;JohnC. White (Dem), defeated;RalphW. Hammonds (Dem), defeated;ElmerAdams (Dem), defeated;M.T. Banks (Dem), defeated;FrankG. Cortez (Dem), defeated;CharlesW. Hill (Dem), defeated;JacobBergolofsky (Dem), defeated;J.Cal Courtney (Dem), defeated;HughWilson (Dem), defeated;J.Perrin Willis (Dem), defeated;C.O. Foerster, Jr. (Dem), defeated;CurtisFord (Dem), defeated;R.W. Currin (Dem), defeated;JohnC. Burns, Sr. (Dem), defeated;HerbertJ. Antoine, Sr. (Rep), defeated;H.Frank Connally, Jr. (Dem), defeated;WalterS. McNutt (Dem), defeated;ClydeR. Orms (Dem), defeated. 1958 Jul 26:WilliamA. Blakley (Dem), defeated in primary. 1960 Nov 8:LyndonB. Johnson (Dem), elected;JohnG. Tower (Rep), defeated;BardA. Logan (Constitution), defeated. 1961:HenryB. Gonzalez (Dem), defeated in primary;JimWright, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;MauryMaverick, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1961 Apr 4:WilliamA. Blakley (Dem), nominated. 1961 May 26:WilliamA. Blakley (Dem), defeated. 1961 May 27:JohnG. Tower (Rep), elected. 1962:RobertJ. Morris, defeated for nomination. 1964 Nov 3:RalphW. Yarborough (Dem), elected;GeorgeBush (Rep), defeated;JackCarswell (Constitution), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:JohnG. Tower (Rep), elected;WaggonerCarr (Dem), defeated;JamesBarker Holland (Constitution), defeated. 1970:RobertJ. Morris, defeated for nomination. 1970:RalphW. Yarborough (Dem), defeated in primary. 1970 Nov 3:LloydM. Bentsen (Dem), elected;GeorgeBush (Rep), defeated. 1972:RalphW. Yarborough (Dem), defeated in primary. 1972 Nov 7:JohnG. Tower (Rep), elected;BarefootSanders (Dem), defeated;FloresN. Amaya (La Raza Unida), defeated;TomLeonard (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:LloydM. Bentsen (Dem), elected;AlanSteelman (Rep), defeated;PedroVasquez (Socialist Workers), defeated;MarjorieP. Gallion (American), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:JohnG. Tower (Rep), elected;BobKrueger (Dem), defeated;LuisA. DeLeon (La Raza Unida), defeated;MiguelPendas (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1982 May 1:JosephP. Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1982 Nov 2:LloydM. Bentsen (Dem), elected;JamesM. Collins (Rep), defeated;JohnE. Ford (Libertarian), defeated;LineausH. Lorette (Citizens), defeated. 1984:KentHance (Dem), defeated in primary. 1984:RobertMosbacher, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;RonPaul (Rep), defeated in primary. 1984 Nov 6:PhilGramm (Rep), elected;LloydDoggett (Dem), defeated. 1988 Mar 8:JosephP. Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1988 Nov 8:LloydM. Bentsen (Dem), elected;BeauBoulter (Rep), defeated;JeffDaiell (Libertarian), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:PhilGramm (Rep), elected;HughFarmer (Dem), defeated;GaryE. Johnson (Libertarian), defeated;IraCalkins (Ind), defeated. 1993 Jan 21:BobKrueger, appointed. 1993 May 1:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), advanced to runoff;BobKrueger (Dem), advanced to runoff;JoeBarton (Rep), defeated;JackFields (Rep), defeated;RichardFisher (Dem), defeated;JoseA. Gutierrez (Dem), defeated;StephenHopkins (Rep), defeated;GeneKelly (Dem), defeated;C.Payne (Dem), defeated;DonRichardson (Ind), defeated;RickDraheim (Libertarian), defeated;ClymerWright (Rep), defeated;HerbertSpiro (Rep), defeated;CharlesB. Howell (Rep), defeated;RogerHenson (Ind), defeated;ChuckSibley (Rep), defeated;RoseFloyd (Socialist), defeated;ThomasD. Spink (Rep), defeated;LottieB. Hancock (Ind), defeated;BillyBrown (Prohibition), defeated;LouZaeske (Ind), defeated;JamesVallaster (Rep), defeated;LouisC. Davis (Ind), defeated;MacoStewart (Ind), defeated. 1993 Jun 9:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), elected;BobKrueger (Dem), defeated. 1994 Mar 8:JimMattox (Dem), advanced to runoff;RichardFisher (Dem), advanced to runoff;MichaelA. Andrews (Dem), defeated in primary;EvelynK. Lantz (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994 Mar 8:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), nominated;StephenHopkins (Rep), defeated in primary;JamesC. Currey (Rep), defeated in primary;RogerHenson (Rep), defeated in primary;ErnestJ. Schmidt (Rep), defeated in primary;M.Troy Mata (Rep), defeated in primary;ThomasD. Spink (Rep), defeated in primary. 1994 Apr 12:RichardFisher (Dem), nominated;JimMattox (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994 Nov 8:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), elected;RichardFisher (Dem), defeated;PierreBlondeau (Libertarian), defeated. 1996 Mar 12:VictorM. Morales (Dem), advanced to runoff;JohnW. Bryant (Dem), advanced to runoff;JimChapman (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnWill Odam (Dem), defeated in primary. 1996 Mar 12:PhilGramm (Rep), nominated;DavidYoung (Rep), defeated in primary;HenryC. Grover (Rep), defeated in primary. 1996 Apr 9:VictorM. Morales (Dem), nominated;JohnW. Bryant (Dem), defeated in primary. 1996 Nov 5:PhilGramm (Rep), elected;VictorM. Morales (Dem), defeated;MichaelBird (Libertarian), defeated;JohnHuff (Natural Law), defeated. 2000 Mar 14:GeneKelly (Dem), advanced to runoff;CharlesGandy (Dem), advanced to runoff;DonClark (Dem), defeated in primary;BobbyWightman (Dem), defeated in primary;H.Gerald Bintliff (Dem), defeated in primary. 2000 Mar 14:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2000 Apr 11:GeneKelly (Dem), nominated;CharlesGandy (Dem), defeated in primary. 2000 Nov 7:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), elected;GeneKelly (Dem), defeated;DouglasS. Sandage (Green), defeated;MaryJ. Ruwart (Libertarian), defeated. 2002 Mar 12:VictorM. Morales (Dem), advanced to runoff;RonKirk (Dem), advanced to runoff;KennethE. Bentsen, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;GeneKelly (Dem), defeated in primary;EdCunningham (Dem), defeated in primary. 2002 Mar 12:JohnCornyn (Rep), nominated;BruceRusty Lang (Rep), defeated in primary;DouglasG. Deffenbaugh (Rep), defeated in primary;DudleyF. Mooney (Rep), defeated in primary;LawrenceCranberg (Rep), defeated in primary. 2002 Apr 9:RonKirk (Dem), nominated;VictorM. Morales (Dem), defeated in primary. 2002 Nov 5:JohnCornyn (Rep), elected;RonKirk (Dem), defeated;ScottJameson (Libertarian), defeated;RoyH. Williams (Green), defeated;JamesW. Wright, defeated. 2006 Nov 7:KayBailey Hutchison (Rep), elected;BarbaraAnn Radnofsky (Dem), defeated;ScottJameson (Libertarian), defeated. 2008 Mar 4:RhettR. Smith (Dem), defeated in primary. 2008 Nov 4:JohnCornyn (Rep), elected;RickNoriega (Dem), defeated;YvonneSchick (Libertarian), defeated. 2012 May 29:PaulSadler (Dem), advanced to runoff;GradyYarbrough (Dem), advanced to runoff;AddieDainell Allen (Dem), defeated in primary;SeanHubbard (Dem), defeated in primary. 2012 May 29:DavidDewhurst (Rep), advanced to runoff;TedCruz (Rep), advanced to runoff;TomLeppert (Rep), defeated in primary;CraigJames (Rep), defeated in primary;GlennAddison (Rep), defeated in primary;LelaPittenger (Rep), defeated in primary;BenGambini (Rep), defeated in primary;CurtCleaver (Rep), defeated in primary;JoeAgris (Rep), defeated in primary. 2012 Jul 31:PaulSadler (Dem), nominated;GradyYarbrough (Dem), defeated in primary. 2012 Jul 31:TedCruz (Rep), nominated;DavidDewhurst (Rep), defeated in primary. 2012 Nov 6:TedCruz (Rep), elected;PaulSadler (Dem), defeated;JohnJay Myers (Libertarian), defeated;DavidB. Collins (Green), defeated. 2014:KeshaRogers (Dem), defeated in primary. 2014:SteveStockman (Rep), defeated in primary. | |
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