List of United States senators from Texas

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image 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).

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 29, 1845 –
Feb 21, 1846 | Texas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. | rowspan=4 | 1 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 | 1 | Texas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood. | nowrap | Dec 29, 1845 –
Feb 21, 1846 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- ! rowspan=7 | 1 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:ThomasJeffersonRusk.jpg
Thomas Jefferson Rusk | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=7 nowrap | Feb 21, 1846 –
Jul 29, 1857 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1846. | Elected in 1846. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Feb 21, 1846 –
Mar 3, 1859 | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=11 align=right | File:SHouston 2.jpg
Sam Houston ! rowspan=11 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1847.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1851. | rowspan=3 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1853.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1857.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=10 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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Nov 9, 1857 |  

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J. Pinckney Henderson | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 9, 1857 –
Jun 4, 1858 | Appointed to finish Rusk's term.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 4, 1858 –
Sep 27, 1858 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 3 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:MattWard.jpg
Matthias Ward | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Sep 27, 1858 –
Dec 5, 1859 | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Rusk's term.Template:PbLost nomination to finish Rusk's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 4 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1859.Template:PbExpelled following Texas's secession from the Union. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1859 –
Jul 11, 1861 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right | File:John Hemphill.jpg
John Hemphill ! rowspan=4 | 2

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Louis Trezevant Wigfall.jpg
Louis Wigfall | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 5, 1859 –
Mar 23, 1861 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Rusk's term.Template:PbWithdrew.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 23, 1861 –
Mar 30, 1870 | rowspan=6 | Civil War and reconstruction.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Civil War and reconstruction. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jul 11, 1861 –
Mar 31, 1870 | rowspan=6 colspan=3 | Vacant

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 5 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:James W. Flanagan - Brady-Handy.jpg
J. W. Flanagan | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 30, 1870 –
Mar 3, 1875 | rowspan=4 | Elected upon readmission.

|- style="height:2em" | Elected upon readmission. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 31, 1870 –
Mar 3, 1877 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Morgan C. Hamilton - Brady-Handy.jpg
Morgan C. Hamilton ! rowspan=4 | 3

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1871.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 6 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Samuel B. Maxey - Brady-Handy.jpg
Samuel B. Maxey | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1887 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1875. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1876. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Mar 4, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=11 align=right | File:Richard Coke - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg
Richard Coke ! rowspan=11 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1881.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1882.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:JHReagan.jpg
John H. Reagan | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1887 –
Jun 10, 1891 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1887.Template:PbResigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas. | rowspan=5 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 9 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1888.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" ! 8 | align=left | File:Horace Chilton.jpg
Horace Chilton | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jun 10, 1891 –
Mar 22, 1892 | Appointed to continue Reagan's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Reagan's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 9 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Roger Q. Mills - Brady-Handy.jpg
Roger Q. Mills | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 30, 1892 –
Mar 3, 1899 | Elected to finish Reagan's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1893.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1894.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1901 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Horace Chilton.jpg
Horace Chilton ! rowspan=3 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 10 | rowspan=15 align=left | File:Charles Allen Culberson.jpg
Charles A. Culberson | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=15 nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 3, 1923 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1899. | rowspan=3 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1901. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1901 –
Jan 3, 1913 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Joseph Weldon Bailey.jpg
Joseph W. Bailey ! rowspan=6 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1905.<ref name=WorldAlmanac>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1907.Template:PbResigned.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1911. | rowspan=6 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Bailey's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Bailey's term.Template:PbRetired. | nowrap | Jan 4, 1913 –
Jan 29, 1913 | Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | align=right | File:RienziMJohnston (cropped).jpg
Rienzi Melville Johnston ! 7

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jan 29, 1913 –
Feb 3, 1913 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1913 to finish Bailey's term. | rowspan=16 nowrap | Feb 3, 1913 –
Apr 9, 1941 | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=16 align=right | File:Sheppard morris.jpg
Morris Sheppard ! rowspan=16 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1916.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Earlebmayfield.jpg
Earle B. Mayfield | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 3, 1929 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1922.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1924.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 12 | rowspan=16 align=left | File:CONNALLY, THOMAS T. HONORABLE LCCN2016859719 (resized).jpg
Tom Connally | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=16 nowrap | Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1953 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1928. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1930.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1934. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1936.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1940. | rowspan=7 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Apr 9, 1941 –
Apr 21, 1941 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Sheppard's term.Template:PbDied. | nowrap | Apr 21, 1941 –
Jun 26, 1941 | Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | align=right | File:Andrew Jackson Houston.jpg
Andrew J. Houston ! 9

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jun 26, 1941 –
Aug 4, 1941 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Sheppard's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Aug 4, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1949 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Wilbert Lee O'Daniel.jpg
W. Lee O'Daniel ! rowspan=4 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1946.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1948. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Jan 3, 1949 –
Jan 3, 1961 | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | rowspan=8 align=right | File:Senator Lyndon Johnson.jpg
Lyndon B. Johnson ! rowspan=8 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Price Daniel.jpg
Price Daniel | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 14, 1957 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1952.Template:PbResigned to become Governor of Texas. | rowspan=5 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 20 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1954.Template:PbRe-elected in 1960, but resigned to become U.S. Vice President.

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|- style="height:2em" ! 14 | align=left | File:Bill Blakley (cropped).png
Bill Blakley | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 15, 1957 –
Apr 28, 1957 | Appointed to continue Daniel's term.Template:PbRetired when his successor was elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 15 | rowspan=8 align=left | File:RalphYarborough.jpg
Ralph Yarborough | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=8 nowrap | Apr 29, 1957 –
Jan 3, 1971 | Elected to finish Daniel's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1958. | rowspan=4 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 21 | Appointed to begin Johnson's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Johnson's term. | nowrap | Jan 3, 1961 –
Jun 14, 1961 | Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic | align=right | File:Bill Blakley (cropped).png
Bill Blakley ! 12

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected May 27, 1961 to finish Johnson's term. | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jun 15, 1961 –
Jan 3, 1985 | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | File:John Tower (R-TX) (croppedmore).jpg
John Tower ! rowspan=12 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 16 | rowspan=12 align=left | File:Lloyd Bentsen, bw photo as senator.jpg
Lloyd Bentsen | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 20, 1993 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1970. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1972.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1984. | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1985 –
Nov 30, 2002 | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | File:PhilGramm.jpg
Phil Gramm ! rowspan=12 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1988.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | rowspan=6 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 26 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1990.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 20, 1993 –
Jan 21, 1993 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 17 | align=left | File:Bob Krueger.jpg
Bob Krueger | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Jan 21, 1993 –
Jun 14, 1993 | Appointed to continue Bentsen's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Bentsen's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 18 | rowspan=12 align=left | File:Kay Bailey Hutchison, official photo 2.jpg
Kay Bailey Hutchison | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jun 14, 1993 –
Jan 3, 2013 | Elected in 1993 to finish Bentsen's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1996.Template:PbRetired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 2000. | rowspan=5 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 30, 2002 –
Dec 2, 2002 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Gramm's term, having been elected to the next term. | rowspan=13 nowrap | Dec 2, 2002 –
present | rowspan=13 Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican | rowspan=13 align=right | File:John Cornyn.jpg
John Cornyn ! rowspan=13 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2006.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 28 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2008.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 19 | rowspan=9 align=left | File:Ted Cruz official 116th portrait (center crop).jpg
Ted Cruz | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 2013 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 29 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2014.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2018. | rowspan=3 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3| 31 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2024. | rowspan=3 |31 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 32 | rowspan=3 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2030 election. | 32 | 122nd

See also

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