History / Congress

Texas's 16th congressional district

35 members have held this seat since Nov 9, 1903. Now: Veronica Escobar D.

Holders
35
34 D · 1 R
Longest tenure
10 years
Ronald D’Emory Coleman
Current
7.8 years
Veronica Escobar, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/tx-16Every holder, newest first
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192019401960198020002020William Robert Smith · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robert Smith · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robert Smith · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robert Smith · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robert Smith · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robert Smith · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Robert Smith · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratThomas Lindsay Blanton · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratClaude Benton Hudspeth · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratClaude Benton Hudspeth · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratClaude Benton Hudspeth · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratClaude Benton Hudspeth · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratClaude Benton Hudspeth · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratClaude Benton Hudspeth · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratRobert Ewing Thomason · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratRobert Ewing Thomason · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratRobert Ewing Thomason · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratJ. T. Rutherford · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJ. T. Rutherford · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratEdgar Franklin Foreman · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Crawford White · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRichard Crawford White · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRichard Crawford White · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRichard Crawford White · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRichard Crawford White · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratRonald D’Emory Coleman · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratSilvestre Reyes · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratSilvestre Reyes · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratSilvestre Reyes · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratSilvestre Reyes · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratBeto O’Rourke · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · DemocratKenneth Mills Regan · 1947-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratRonald D’Emory Coleman · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratBeto O’Rourke · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratVeronica Escobar · 2019-01-03 – present · Democrat
Veronica Escobar D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Beto O’Rourke D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Beto O’Rourke D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Silvestre Reyes D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Silvestre Reyes D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Silvestre Reyes D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Silvestre Reyes D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Ronald D’Emory Coleman D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Ronald D’Emory Coleman D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Richard Crawford White D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Richard Crawford White D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Richard Crawford White D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Richard Crawford White D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Richard Crawford White D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Edgar Franklin Foreman R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
J. T. Rutherford D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
J. T. Rutherford D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Kenneth Mills Regan D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1955 · 8 years
Robert Ewing Thomason D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Robert Ewing Thomason D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Robert Ewing Thomason D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Robert Smith D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Robert Smith D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Robert Smith D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Robert Smith D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Robert Smith D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Robert Smith D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Robert Smith D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.