The Political Graveyard: Texas: U.S. Senators

Texas: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Texas, 1846-2003 (May be incomplete!)
Sam Houston 1846-59 Thomas Jefferson Rusk 1846-57 J. Pinckney Henderson 1857-58 Matthias Ward 1858-59 John Hemphill 1859-61 Louis T. Wigfall 1859-61 James Winright Flanagan 1869-75 Morgan Calvin Hamilton 1870-77 Samuel Bell Maxey 1875-87 Richard Coke 1877-95 John H. Reagan 1887-91 Horace Chilton 1891-92 Roger Q. Mills 1892-99 Horace Chilton 1895-1901 Charles A. Culberson 1899-1923 Joseph W. Bailey 1901-13 Rienzi Melville Johnston 1913 Morris Sheppard 1913-41 Earle B. Mayfield 1923-29 Tom T. Connally 1929-53 Andrew Jackson Houston 1941 W. Lee O'Daniel 1941-49 Lyndon B. Johnson 1949-61 Price Daniel 1953-57 William Arvis Blakley 1957 Ralph W. Yarborough 1957-71 William Arvis Blakley 1961 John G. Tower 1961-85 Lloyd M. Bentsen 1971-93 Phil Gramm 1985- Bob Krueger 1993 Kay Bailey Hutchison 1993- John Cornyn 2002-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1857 Jul 29: Thomas Jefferson Rusk, died in office.

1858 Jun 4: J. Pinckney Henderson, died in office.

1916: George F. Burgess, defeated for nomination; Oscar Branch Colquitt, defeated for nomination.

1916 Nov 7: Charles A. Culberson (Dem), elected; Alexander W. Acheson (Rep), defeated; F. A. Hickey (Socialist), defeated; F. H. Combeau (Prohibition), defeated.

1918 Nov 5: Morris Sheppard (Dem), elected; J. Webs Flanagan (Rep), defeated; M. A. Smith (Socialist), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Earle B. Mayfield (Dem), elected; George E. B. Peddy (Ind), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Morris Sheppard (Dem), elected; Thomas Martin Kennerly (Rep), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: Morris Sheppard (Dem), elected; Doran J. Haesly (Rep), defeated; Guy L. Smith (Socialist), defeated; W. A. Berry (Communist), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: Tom T. Connally (Dem), elected; George I. Shannon (Rep), defeated; Homer Brooks (Communist), defeated.

1941 Apr 9: Morris Sheppard, died in office.

1941 Jun 26: Andrew Jackson Houston, died in office.

1942: Daniel J. Moody, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

1942: James V. Allred, defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Tom T. Connally (Dem), elected; Murray C. Sells (Rep), defeated.

1948: Coke R. Stevenson, defeated for nomination.

1948: George E. B. Peddy (Dem), defeated in primary.

1952: Lindley Beckworth, defeated for nomination.

1960 Nov 8: Lyndon B. Johnson (Dem), elected; John G. Tower (Rep), defeated; Bard A. Logan (Constitution), defeated.

1961: Henry B. Gonzalez (Dem), defeated in primary; Maury Maverick, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

1961 May 27: John G. Tower (Rep), elected.

1962: Robert J. Morris, defeated for nomination.

1964 Nov 3: Ralph W. Yarborough (Dem), elected; George Bush (Rep), defeated; Jack Carswell (Constitution), defeated.

1966 Nov 8: John G. Tower (Rep), elected; Waggoner Carr (Dem), defeated; James Barker Holland (Constitution), defeated.

1970: Robert J. Morris, defeated for nomination.

1970: Ralph W. Yarborough (Dem), defeated in primary.

1970 Nov 3: Lloyd M. Bentsen (Dem), elected; George Bush (Rep), defeated.

1972: Ralph W. Yarborough (Dem), defeated in primary.

1972 Nov 7: John G. Tower (Rep), elected; Barefoot Sanders (Dem), defeated; Flores N. Amaya (La Raza Unida), defeated; Tom Leonard (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1976 Nov 2: Lloyd M. Bentsen (Dem), elected; Alan Steelman (Rep), defeated; Pedro Vasquez (Socialist Workers), defeated; Marjorie P. Gallion (American), defeated.

1978 Nov 7: John G. Tower (Rep), elected; Bob Krueger (Dem), defeated; Luis A. DeLeon (La Raza Unida), defeated; Miguel Pendas (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1982 Nov 2: Lloyd M. Bentsen (Dem), elected; James M. Collins (Rep), defeated; John E. Ford (Libertarian), defeated; Lineaus H. Lorette (Citizens), defeated.

1984: Kent Hance (Dem), defeated in primary.

1984: Ron Paul (Rep), defeated in primary.

1984 Nov 6: Phil Gramm (Rep), elected; Lloyd Doggett (Dem), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Lloyd M. Bentsen (Dem), elected; Beau Boulter (Rep), defeated; Jeff Daiell (Libertarian), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Phil Gramm (Rep), elected; Hugh Farmer (Dem), defeated; Gary Johnson (Libertarian), defeated; Ira Calkins (Ind), defeated.

1993 Jan 21: Bob Krueger, appointed.

1993 May 13: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), advanced to runoff; Bob Krueger (Dem), advanced to runoff; Joe Barton (Rep), defeated; Jack Fields (Rep), defeated; Richard Fisher (Dem), defeated; Jose A. Gutierrez (Dem), defeated; Stephen Hopkins (Rep), defeated; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated; C. Payne (Dem), defeated; Don Richardson (Ind), defeated; Rick Draheim (Libertarian), defeated; Clymer Wright (Rep), defeated; Herbert Spiro (Rep), defeated; Charles B. Howell (Rep), defeated; Roger Henson (Ind), defeated; Chuck Sibley (Rep), defeated; Rose Floyd (Socialist), defeated; Thomas D Spink (Rep), defeated; Lottie B. Hancock (Ind), defeated; Billy Brown (Prohibition), defeated; Lou Zaeske (Ind), defeated; James Vallaster (Rep), defeated; Louis C. Davis (Ind), defeated; Maco Stewart (Ind), defeated.

1993 Jun 9: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), elected; Bob Krueger (Dem), defeated.

1994: Michael A. Andrews (Dem), defeated in primary.

1994 Nov 8: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), elected; Richard Fisher (Dem), defeated; Pierre Blondeau (Libertarian), defeated.

1996: John W. Bryant (Dem), defeated in primary; Jim Chapman (Dem), defeated in primary.

1996 Nov 5: Phil Gramm (Rep), elected; Victor M. Morales (Dem), defeated; Michael Bird (Libertarian), defeated; John Huff (Natural Law), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), elected; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated; Douglas S. Sandage (Green), defeated; Mary J. Ruwart (Libertarian), defeated.

2002: Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.

2002 Nov 5: John Cornyn (Rep), elected; Ron Kirk (Dem), defeated; Scott Lanier Jameson (Libertarian), defeated; Roy H. Williams (Green), defeated; James W. Wright, defeated.

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