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U.S. Senate seat, Texas (class 2)

30 members have held this seat since Feb 21, 1846. Now: John Cornyn R.

Holders
30
19 D · 10 R · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Current
12 years
John Cornyn, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/tx-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Houston · 1846-02-21 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Houston · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Houston · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanJohn Hemphill · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratMorgan Calvin Hamilton · 1870-03-31 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Coke · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratRichard Coke · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRichard Coke · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratHorace Chilton · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Weldon Bailey · 1907-12-02 – 1913-01-04 · DemocratRienzi Melville Johnston · 1913-01-04 – 1913-01-30 · DemocratMorris Sheppard · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratMorris Sheppard · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratMorris Sheppard · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMorris Sheppard · 1931-12-07 – 1941-04-10 · DemocratAndrew Jackson Houston · 1941-04-21 – 1941-06-27 · DemocratWilbert Lee O’Daniel · 1941-08-04 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratWilbert Lee O’Daniel · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Arvis Blakley · 1961-01-03 – 1961-06-15 · DemocratJohn Goodwin Tower · 1961-06-15 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Goodwin Tower · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Goodwin Tower · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · RepublicanPhil Gramm · 1997-01-07 – 2002-11-30 · RepublicanJohn Cornyn · 2002-11-30 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Cornyn · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Cornyn · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Cornyn · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanLyndon Baines Johnson · 1949-01-03 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratPhil Gramm · 1985-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Republican
John Cornyn R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
John Cornyn R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John Cornyn R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John Cornyn R
Nov 30, 2002 – Jan 4, 2003 · 35 days
Phil Gramm R
Jan 7, 1997 – Nov 30, 2002 · 5.9 years
Phil Gramm R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1997 · 12 years
John Goodwin Tower R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
John Goodwin Tower R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
John Goodwin Tower R
Jun 15, 1961 – Jan 4, 1967 · 5.6 years
William Arvis Blakley D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jun 15, 1961 · 5 months
Lyndon Baines Johnson D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1961 · 12 years
Wilbert Lee O’Daniel D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Wilbert Lee O’Daniel D
Aug 4, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 17 months
Andrew Jackson Houston D
Apr 21, 1941 – Jun 27, 1941 · 2 months
Morris Sheppard D
Dec 7, 1931 – Apr 10, 1941 · 9.3 years
Morris Sheppard D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Morris Sheppard D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
Morris Sheppard D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Rienzi Melville Johnston D
Jan 4, 1913 – Jan 30, 1913 · 26 days
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Dec 2, 1907 – Jan 4, 1913 · 5.1 years
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Horace Chilton D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Richard Coke D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Richard Coke D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
Richard Coke D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Morgan Calvin Hamilton R
Mar 31, 1870 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6.9 years
John Hemphill D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Samuel Houston A
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Samuel Houston D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
Samuel Houston D
Feb 21, 1846 – Mar 4, 1847 · 12 months

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