George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III was an American politician and anti-poverty activist. He served as a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He was a Democrat.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of African-American members of the United States Congress. Representative Steven Horsford from Nevada is the caucus chairperson,having succeeded Joyce Beatty from Ohio in 2023.
The 101st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1989,to January 3,1991,during the final weeks of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the first two years of George H. W. Bush's presidency.
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
James William Turner,known as Jim Turner,is an American lawyer and politician who was the Democratic U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district from 1997 until 2005.
The 1966 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8,1966,to elect members to serve in the 90th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Lyndon B. Johnson's second term. As the Vietnam War continued to escalate and race riots exploded in cities across the country,Johnson's popularity had fallen,and the opposition Republican Party was able to gain a net of 47 seats from Johnson's Democratic Party,which nonetheless maintained a clear majority in the House. This was also the first election that occurred after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law,the first time since 1870 that a Republican won a House seat in Arkansas,and the first since 1876 that the party did so in South Carolina.
The 1958 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 86th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 4,1958,in the middle of Dwight Eisenhower's second presidential term,while Maine held theirs on September 8. There were 436 seats during these elections:435 from the reapportionment in accordance with the 1950 census,and one seat for Alaska,the new state that would officially join the union on January 3,1959.
William Homer Thornberry was an American politician and judge. He served as the United States representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1949 to 1963. From 1963 to 1965 he was a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas,and he was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1965 to 1978.
John Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate,and is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."
Larkin Irvin Smith was an American Congressman from Mississippi serving for seven months until he was killed in a plane crash in Perry County,Mississippi in 1989.
Harry McLeary Wurzbach was an American attorney and politician. He was the first Republican elected to the United States House of Representatives from Texas since Reconstruction to be elected for more than two terms and was re-elected to the Sixty-eighth,Sixty-ninth,and Seventieth congresses,representing Texas's 14th congressional district for several terms,from 1921 to 1929. He was re-elected in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and died in office. The first Republican elected from Texas who was born in the state,he was the only Republican from Texas serving in Congress during this period.
Nat Patton,also known as "Cousin Nat",was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas from 1935 to 1945.
The 2008 elections for the Texas delegation of the United States House of Representatives was held on November 4,2008. 31 of 32 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. In Texas's 14th congressional district no one challenged incumbent Ron Paul. Since Representatives are elected for two-year terms,those elected will serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011.
Daniel Edward Garrett was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas,elected at large and later from the 8th District of Texas.
2009 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 3. During this off-year election,the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total,only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands,increasing the Democratic Party's majority over the Republicans in the United States House of Representatives,258–177.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas—an increase of four seats in reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the U.S. Senate. The primary election had been scheduled to be held on March 6,2012,with a runoff election on May 22;because of problems arising from redistricting,the primary was postponed to May 29,and the run-off to July 31.
The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6,1984,to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House,apportioned according to the 1980 United States census.
The 1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6,1990,to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House,apportioned according to the 1980 United States census.
Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia is an American lawyer and politician who has been serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 29th congressional district since 2019. Her district covers much of eastern Houston. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously represented the 6th district in the Texas Senate.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. Voters elected the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas,one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on March 6 and the run-offs were held on May 22.
