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U.S. Senate seat, Texas (class 1)

25 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1846. Now: Ted Cruz R.

Holders
25
22 D · 3 R
Longest tenure
24 years
Thomas Terry Connally
Current
14 years
Ted Cruz, since Jan 3, 2013
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Thomas Jefferson Rusk · 1846-01-01 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Rusk · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJames Pinckney Henderson · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratLouis Trezevant Wigfall · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratJames Winright Flanagan · 1870-01-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Bell Maxey · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Bell Maxey · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henninger Reagan · 1887-12-05 – 1892-01-01 · DemocratRoger Quarles Mills · 1892-03-30 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratCharles Allen Culberson · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratCharles Allen Culberson · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratCharles Allen Culberson · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCharles Allen Culberson · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratEarle Bradford Mayfield · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratThomas Terry Connally · 1929-04-15 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Arvis Blakley · 1957-01-15 – 1957-04-29 · DemocratRalph Webster Yarborough · 1957-04-29 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRalph Webster Yarborough · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratLloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1993-01-21 · DemocratRobert Charles Krueger · 1993-01-21 – 1993-06-15 · DemocratTed Cruz · 2013-01-03 – present · RepublicanMatthias Ward · 1858-01-01 – 1860-01-01 · DemocratHorace Chilton · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratMarion Price Daniel · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-15 · DemocratKay Bailey Hutchison · 1993-06-14 – 2013-01-04 · Republican
Ted Cruz R
Jan 3, 2013 – present · 14 years
Kay Bailey Hutchison R
Jun 14, 1993 – Jan 4, 2013 · 20 years
Robert Charles Krueger D
Jan 21, 1993 – Jun 15, 1993 · 5 months
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 21, 1993 · 22 years
Ralph Webster Yarborough D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
Ralph Webster Yarborough D
Apr 29, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 20 months
William Arvis Blakley D
Jan 15, 1957 – Apr 29, 1957 · 3 months
Marion Price Daniel D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 15, 1957 · 4 years
Thomas Terry Connally D
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1953 · 24 years
Earle Bradford Mayfield D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Charles Allen Culberson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Charles Allen Culberson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Charles Allen Culberson D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Charles Allen Culberson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Roger Quarles Mills D
Mar 30, 1892 – Mar 4, 1899 · 6.9 years
Horace Chilton D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Henninger Reagan D
Dec 5, 1887 – Jan 1, 1892 · 4.1 years
Samuel Bell Maxey D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Samuel Bell Maxey D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
James Winright Flanagan R
Jan 1, 1870 – Mar 4, 1875 · 5.2 years
Louis Trezevant Wigfall D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Matthias Ward D
Jan 1, 1858 – Jan 1, 1860 · 2 years
James Pinckney Henderson D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Rusk D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Thomas Jefferson Rusk D
Jan 1, 1846 – Mar 4, 1851 · 5.2 years

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