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Texas: U.S. Senators


U.S. Senators from Texas, 1846-2017 (May be incomplete!)
Sam Houston 1846-59 Thomas J. Rusk 1846-57 J. Pinckney Henderson 1857-58 Matthias Ward 1858-59 John Hemphill 1859-61 Louis T. Wigfall 1859-61 James W. Flanagan 1869-75 Morgan C. 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 A. Blakley 1957 Ralph W. Yarborough 1957-71 William A. 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- Ted Cruz 2013-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1857 Jul 29: Thomas J. Rusk, died in office.
  • 1858 Jun 4: J. Pinckney Henderson, died in office.
  • 1916: George F. Burgess, defeated for nomination.
  • 1916: Oscar B. Colquitt (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 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; Webster 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; T. M. Kennerly (Rep), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Tom T. Connally (Dem), elected; T. M. Kennerly (Rep), defeated; David Curran (Socialist), defeated; John Rust (Communist), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Morris Sheppard (Dem), elected; Doran J. Haesly (Rep), defeated; Guy L. Smith (Socialist), defeated; W. A. Berry (Communist), defeated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Morris Sheppard (Dem), elected; Carlos G. Watson (Rep), defeated; Gertrude Wilson (Union), defeated; W. B. Starr (Socialist), 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: Dan Moody (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.
  • 1957 Apr 2: Ralph W. Yarborough (Dem), elected; Martin Dies (Dem), defeated; Thad T. Hutcheson (Rep), defeated; Searcy Bracewell (Dem), defeated; James P. Hart (Dem), defeated; John C. White (Dem), defeated; Ralph W. Hammonds (Dem), defeated; Elmer Adams (Dem), defeated; M. T. Banks (Dem), defeated; Frank G. Cortez (Dem), defeated; Charles W. Hill (Dem), defeated; Jacob Bergolofsky (Dem), defeated; J. Cal Courtney (Dem), defeated; Hugh Wilson (Dem), defeated; J. Perrin Willis (Dem), defeated; C. O. Foerster, Jr. (Dem), defeated; Curtis Ford (Dem), defeated; R. W. Currin (Dem), defeated; John C. Burns, Sr. (Dem), defeated; Herbert J. Antoine, Sr. (Rep), defeated; H. Frank Connally, Jr. (Dem), defeated; Walter S. McNutt (Dem), defeated; Clyde R. Orms (Dem), defeated.
  • 1958 Jul 26: William A. Blakley (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 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; Jim Wright, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Maury Maverick, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1961 Apr 4: William A. Blakley (Dem), nominated.
  • 1961 May 26: William A. Blakley (Dem), defeated.
  • 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 May 1: Joseph P. Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 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: Robert Mosbacher, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Ron Paul (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1984 Nov 6: Phil Gramm (Rep), elected; Lloyd Doggett (Dem), defeated.
  • 1988 Mar 8: Joseph P. Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 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 E. Johnson (Libertarian), defeated; Ira Calkins (Ind), defeated.
  • 1993 Jan 21: Bob Krueger, appointed.
  • 1993 May 1: 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 Mar 8: Jim Mattox (Dem), advanced to runoff; Richard Fisher (Dem), advanced to runoff; Michael A. Andrews (Dem), defeated in primary; Evelyn K. Lantz (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), nominated; Stephen Hopkins (Rep), defeated in primary; James C. Currey (Rep), defeated in primary; Roger Henson (Rep), defeated in primary; Ernest J. Schmidt (Rep), defeated in primary; M. Troy Mata (Rep), defeated in primary; Thomas D. Spink (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Apr 12: Richard Fisher (Dem), nominated; Jim Mattox (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), elected; Richard Fisher (Dem), defeated; Pierre Blondeau (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Victor M. Morales (Dem), advanced to runoff; John W. Bryant (Dem), advanced to runoff; Jim Chapman (Dem), defeated in primary; John Will Odam (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Phil Gramm (Rep), nominated; David Young (Rep), defeated in primary; Henry C. Grover (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Apr 9: Victor M. Morales (Dem), nominated; John W. Bryant (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 Mar 14: Gene Kelly (Dem), advanced to runoff; Charles Gandy (Dem), advanced to runoff; Don Clark (Dem), defeated in primary; Bobby Wightman (Dem), defeated in primary; H. Gerald Bintliff (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Mar 14: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2000 Apr 11: Gene Kelly (Dem), nominated; Charles Gandy (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), elected; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated; Douglas S. Sandage (Green), defeated; Mary J. Ruwart (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Victor M. Morales (Dem), advanced to runoff; Ron Kirk (Dem), advanced to runoff; Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated in primary; Ed Cunningham (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: John Cornyn (Rep), nominated; Bruce Rusty Lang (Rep), defeated in primary; Douglas G. Deffenbaugh (Rep), defeated in primary; Dudley F. Mooney (Rep), defeated in primary; Lawrence Cranberg (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Apr 9: Ron Kirk (Dem), nominated; Victor M. Morales (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: John Cornyn (Rep), elected; Ron Kirk (Dem), defeated; Scott Jameson (Libertarian), defeated; Roy H. Williams (Green), defeated; James W. Wright, defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Kay Bailey Hutchison (Rep), elected; Barbara Ann Radnofsky (Dem), defeated; Scott Jameson (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: John Cornyn (Rep), elected; Rick Noriega (Dem), defeated; Yvonne Schick (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2012 May 29: Paul Sadler (Dem), advanced to runoff; Grady Yarbrough (Dem), advanced to runoff; Addie Dainell Allen (Dem), defeated in primary; Sean Hubbard (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 May 29: David Dewhurst (Rep), advanced to runoff; Ted Cruz (Rep), advanced to runoff; Tom Leppert (Rep), defeated in primary; Craig James (Rep), defeated in primary; Glenn Addison (Rep), defeated in primary; Lela Pittenger (Rep), defeated in primary; Ben Gambini (Rep), defeated in primary; Curt Cleaver (Rep), defeated in primary; Joe Agris (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Jul 31: Paul Sadler (Dem), nominated; Grady Yarbrough (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Jul 31: Ted Cruz (Rep), nominated; David Dewhurst (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Ted Cruz (Rep), elected; Paul Sadler (Dem), defeated; John Jay Myers (Libertarian), defeated; David B. Collins (Green), defeated.
  • 2014: Kesha Rogers (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2014: Steve Stockman (Rep), defeated in primary.
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