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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