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Texas's 4th congressional district

49 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1869. Now: Pat Fallon R.

Holders
49
44 D · 5 R
Longest tenure
16 years
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
Current
5.8 years
Pat Fallon, since Jan 3, 2021
history/seat/tx-4Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Edward Degener · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hancock · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hancock · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratRoger Quarles Mills · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratRoger Quarles Mills · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRoger Quarles Mills · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRoger Quarles Mills · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratDavid Browning Culberson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJohn Walter Cranford · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Levi Sheppard · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Levi Sheppard · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratChoice Boswell Randell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratChoice Boswell Randell · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratChoice Boswell Randell · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratChoice Boswell Randell · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratChoice Boswell Randell · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Ray Roberts · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Ray Roberts · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Ray Roberts · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Ray Roberts · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratHerbert Ray Roberts · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratRalph M. Hall · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratRalph M. Hall · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRalph M. Hall · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRalph M. Hall · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratRalph M. Hall · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · Democrat → RepublicanRalph M. Hall · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Ratcliffe · 2015-01-06 – 2020-05-23 · RepublicanPat Fallon · 2021-01-03 – present · RepublicanHerbert Ray Roberts · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · Democrat
Pat Fallon R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
John Ratcliffe R
Jan 6, 2015 – May 23, 2020 · 5.4 years
Ralph M. Hall R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Ralph M. Hall D→R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Ralph M. Hall D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Ralph M. Hall D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Ralph M. Hall D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Ralph M. Hall D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Choice Boswell Randell D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Choice Boswell Randell D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Choice Boswell Randell D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Choice Boswell Randell D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Choice Boswell Randell D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Levi Sheppard D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Levi Sheppard D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Walter Cranford D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
David Browning Culberson D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
David Browning Culberson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
David Browning Culberson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
David Browning Culberson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
David Browning Culberson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
David Browning Culberson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
David Browning Culberson D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Roger Quarles Mills D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Roger Quarles Mills D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Roger Quarles Mills D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Roger Quarles Mills D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Hancock D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Hancock D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Edward Degener R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years

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