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Texas's 5th congressional district

50 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1875. Now: Lance Gooden R.

Holders
50
37 D · 11 R · 2 NG
Longest tenure
10 years
John Wiley Bryant
Current
7.8 years
Lance Gooden, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/tx-5Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020John Hancock · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratDe Witt Clinton Giddings · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Jones · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · National GreenbackerGeorge Washington Jones · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · National GreenbackerJames Webb Throckmorton · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Webb Throckmorton · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratSilas Hare · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratSilas Hare · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratChoice Boswell Randell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJames Andrew Beall · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJames Andrew Beall · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJames Andrew Beall · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJames Andrew Beall · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Andrew Beall · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Andrew Beall · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratHatton William Sumners · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratBruce Reynolds Alger · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanBruce Reynolds Alger · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanBruce Reynolds Alger · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanEarle Cabell · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratEarle Cabell · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratEarle Cabell · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratAlan Watson Steelman · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanJames Albon Mattox · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJames Albon Mattox · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratJohn Wiley Bryant · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratPete Sessions · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanPete Sessions · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJeb Hensarling · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJeb Hensarling · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJeb Hensarling · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Franklin Wilson · 1947-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratAlan Watson Steelman · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Wiley Bryant · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratLance Gooden · 2019-01-03 – present · Republican
Lance Gooden R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Jeb Hensarling R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Jeb Hensarling R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jeb Hensarling R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Pete Sessions R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Pete Sessions R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John Wiley Bryant D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
John Wiley Bryant D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
James Albon Mattox D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
James Albon Mattox D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Alan Watson Steelman R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Alan Watson Steelman R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Earle Cabell D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Earle Cabell D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Earle Cabell D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Bruce Reynolds Alger R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Bruce Reynolds Alger R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Bruce Reynolds Alger R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Joseph Franklin Wilson D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1955 · 8 years
Hatton William Sumners D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Hatton William Sumners D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Hatton William Sumners D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Hatton William Sumners D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Hatton William Sumners D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Andrew Beall D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Andrew Beall D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Andrew Beall D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Andrew Beall D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Andrew Beall D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Andrew Beall D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Choice Boswell Randell D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Silas Hare D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Silas Hare D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Webb Throckmorton D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Webb Throckmorton D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Washington Jones NG
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
George Washington Jones NG
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
De Witt Clinton Giddings D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Hancock D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months

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