List of United States Senators from Texas
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Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29 1845. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its purported secession from the Union. They were again filled from March 1870.
Rusk Succession
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas J. Rusk | Democrat | 1846 | 1857 |
| James P. Henderson | Democrat | 1857 | 1858 |
| Matthias Ward | Democrat | 1858 | 1859 |
| Louis T. Wigfall | Democrat | 1859 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1870 | |
| James W. Flanagan | Republican | 1870 | 1875 |
| Samuel B. Maxey | Democrat | 1875 | 1887 |
| John H. Reagan | Democrat | 1887 | 1891 |
| Horace Chilton | Democrat | 1891 | 1892 |
| Roger Q. Mills | Democrat | 1892 | 1899 |
| Charles A. Culberson | Democrat | 1899 | 1923 |
| Earle B. Mayfield | Democrat | 1923 | 1929 |
| Tom Connally | Democrat | 1929 | 1953 |
| Price Daniel | Democrat | 1953 | 1957 |
| William A. Blakley | Democrat | 1957 | |
| Ralph Yarborough | Democrat | 1957 | 1971 |
| Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. | Democrat | 1971 | 1993 |
| Bob Krueger | Democrat | 1993 | 1993 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | Republican | 1993 |
Houston Succession
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston | Democrat | 1846 | 1859 |
| John Hemphill | Democrat | 1859 | 1861 |
| Vacant | 1861 | 1870 | |
| Morgan C. Hamilton | Republican | 1870 | 1877 |
| Richard Coke | Democrat | 1877 | 1895 |
| Horace Chilton | Democrat | 1895 | 1901 |
| Joseph W. Bailey | Democrat | 1901 | 1913 |
| Rienzi M. Johnston | Democrat | 1913 | |
| John M. Sheppard | Democrat | 1913 | 1941 |
| Andrew J. Houston | Democrat | 1941 | 1941 |
| W. Lee O'Daniel | Democrat | 1941 | 1949 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Democrat | 1949 | 1961 |
| William A. Blakley | Democrat | 1961 | |
| John G. Tower | Republican | 1961 | 1985 |
| Phil Gramm | Republican | 1985 | 2002 |
| John Cornyn | Republican | 2002 |