Political party strength in Texas

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1846–1890

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney
General
Comptroller Treasurer Land Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S.
House
1846 J. Pinckney Henderson (D) Albert Clinton Horton (D) Volney Howard (D) James B. Shaw (D) James H. Raymond (D) Thomas W. Ward (D)D maj.D maj. Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D) Sam Houston (D)2D
1847 George Tyler Wood (D) John Alexander Greer (D) John Woods Harris (D)
1848 George W. Smyth (D)D maj.D maj. Cass/
Butler (D)Red x.svg
1849 Peter Hansborough Bell (D) [lower-alpha 1] Henry Percy Brewster (D)
1850 Andrew Jackson Hamilton (D)D maj.D maj.
1851 James W. Henderson (D) Ebenezer Allen (D) Stephen Crosby (D)
1852 Thomas J. Jennings (D)D maj.D maj. Pierce/
King (D)Green check.svg
1853 James W. Henderson (D) [lower-alpha 2] vacant
Elisha M. Pease (D) David Catchings Dickson (D)
1854D maj.D maj.
1855 Hardin Richard Runnels (D) Sam Houston (D)1D, 1KN
1856 James Willie (D)20D, 9KN, 4?60D, 30KN Buchanan/
Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
1857 Hardin Richard Runnels (D) Francis Lubbock (D) J. Pinckney Henderson (D)2D
1858 Malcolm D. Graham (D) Clement R. Johns (D) Cyrus H. Randolph (D) Francis M. White (D)27D, 6KN81D, 9KN Matthias Ward (D)
1859 Sam Houston (CU) [lower-alpha 3] Edward Clark (D) John Hemphill (D)
1860 George M. Flournoy (D)D maj.D maj. Louis Wigfall (D) Breckinridge/
Lane (SD)Red x.svg
1861 Edward Clark (D) [lower-alpha 2] vacant
Francis Lubbock (D) John McClannahan Crockett (D)Expelled following Texas's secession from the U.S.
1862 Nathan G. Shelley (D) American Civil War American Civil War/no delegations seated
1863 Pendleton Murrah (D) [lower-alpha 4] Fletcher Stockdale (D) Stephen Crosby (D)
1864 Benjamin E. Tarver (D)no electors counted
1865 Fletcher Stockdale (D) [lower-alpha 2] vacant William Alexander (U) Willis L. Robards (D)
Andrew Jackson Hamilton (DM) [lower-alpha 5] Samuel Harris (D)Francis M. White (D) Reconstruction/no delegations seated
1866 James W. Throckmorton (D) [lower-alpha 6] George Washington Jones (D) [lower-alpha 6] William M. Walton (D) Albert H. Latimer (R) W. M. Royston (D) Stephen Crosby (D)
1867 Elisha M. Pease (R) [lower-alpha 7] vacant [lower-alpha 8] Ezekiel B. Turner (U) Morgan C. Hamilton (R) John T. Allan (R) Joseph Spence (R)
1868
1869 J. W. Flanagan (R) [lower-alpha 9] George W. Honey (R)
1870 Edmund J. Davis (R) [lower-alpha 10] Donald Campbell (R) [lower-alpha 11] William Alexander (R) Albert A. Bledsoe (R) Jacob Kuechler (R)19R, 11D54R, 36D J. W. Flanagan (R) Morgan C. Hamilton (R)3R, 1D
1871 Webster Flanagan (R) [lower-alpha 11] 3D, 1R
1872 Albert Jennings Fountain (R) [lower-alpha 11] 4D Hendricks/
Brown (D)Red x.svg
1873 Edward Bradford Pickett (D) [lower-alpha 11] B. Graham (R)17D, 13R72D, 16R, 2? Morgan C. Hamilton (LR)6D
1874 Richard Coke (D) [lower-alpha 12] Richard B. Hubbard (D) George Clark (D) Stephen Heard Darden (D) Andrew Jackson Dorn (D) J. J. Gross (D)26D, 4R79D, 11R
1875 Samuel B. Maxey (D) Morgan C. Hamilton (R)
1876 Richard B. Hubbard (D) [lower-alpha 2] vacant Hannibal Boone (D) Tilden/
Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
187727D, 3R, 1I81D, 6R, 6I Richard Coke (D)
1878 George McCormick (D) William C. Walsh (D)
1879 Oran Milo Roberts (D) Joseph D. Sayers (D) Francis Lubbock (D)25D, 4R, 2G74D, 10G, 9R5D, 1GB
1880 James H. McLeary (D) William M. Brown (D) Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
1881 Leonidas J. Storey (D)29D, 1R, 1G82D, 8R, 3G
1882 John D. Templeton (D)
1883 John Ireland (D) Francis Marion Martin (D) William Jesse Swain (D)30D, 1I96D, 7I, 3R10D, 1I
1884 Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
1885 Barnett Gibbs (D)28D, 3I103D, 3R11D
1886 Jim Hogg (D)
1887 Lawrence Sullivan Ross (D) Thomas Benton Wheeler (D) John D. McCall (D)R. M. Hall (D)31D103D, 5R, 1Pop John H. Reagan (D)
1888 Cleveland/
Thurman (D)Red x.svg
1889102D, 3R, 1I
1890
Year Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney
General
Comptroller Treasurer Land Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S.
House
Electoral votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress

1891–1998

YearExecutive offices State Legislature R. R. Comm. United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney
General
Comptroller Treasurer Land Comm. Ag. Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S.
House
1891 Jim Hogg (D) George C. Pendleton (D) Charles A. Culberson (D) John D. McCall (D) William B. Wortham (D) William L. McGaughey (D) Lafayette L. Foster (D) [lower-alpha 13] 31D104D, 2R3D Horace Chilton (D) Richard Coke (D)11D
1892no such office Roger Q. Mills (D) Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)Green check.svg
1893 Martin McNulty Crane (D)29D, 1Pop, 1I119D, 8Pop, 1R13D
1894
1895 Charles A. Culberson (D) George Taylor Jester (D) Martin McNulty Crane (D) Richard W. Finley (D) Andrew Jackson Baker (D)29D, 2Pop103D, 22Pop, 3R Horace Chilton (D)12D, 1R
1896 Bryan/
Sewall (D)Red x.svg
189728D, 2Pop, 1R120D, 6Pop, 2R
1898 Thomas Slater Smith (D)
1899 Joseph D. Sayers (D) James Browning (D) John W. Robbins (D) Charles Rogan (D)30D, 1R118D, 9Pop, 1R Charles A. Culberson (D)
1900 Bryan/
Stevenson (D)Red x.svg
1901 Charles K. Bell (D) Robert M. Love (D) [lower-alpha 14] 31D126D, 1Pop, 1IR Joseph W. Bailey (D)13D
1902
1903 S. W. T. Lanham (D) George D. Neal (D) J. W. Stephen (D) [lower-alpha 15] John J. Terrell (D)130D, 1R, 1Pop, 1IR16D
1904 Robert V. Davidson (D) Parker/
Davis Red x.svg
1905131D, 2R
1906
1907 Thomas Mitchell Campbell (D) Asbury Bascom Davidson (D) Sam Sparks (D) Robert Teague Milner (D) [lower-alpha 16] 132D, 1R
1908 Edward R. Kone (D) Bryan/
Kern (D)Red x.svg
1909 James T. Robison (D)30D, 1R131D, 2R
1910 Jewel P. Lightfoot (D)
1911 Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) W. P. Lane (D)131D, 1R
1912 J. M. Edwards (D) Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
James D. Walthall (D)
1913 William Harding Mayes (D) B. F. Looney (D)141D, 1R Rienzi Melville Johnston (D)18D
Morris Sheppard (D)
1914
1915 James E. Ferguson (D) [lower-alpha 17] William P. Hobby (D) Henry B. Terrell (D) Fred Davis (D)31D140D, 1R, 1I
1916
1917 William P. Hobby (D) [lower-alpha 18] vacant142D
1918
1919 Willard Arnold Johnson (D) Calvin Maples Cureton (D)John W. Baker (D)141D, 1R
1920 M. L. Wiginton (D) George B. Terrell (D) Cox/
Roosevelt (D)Red x.svg
1921 Pat Morris Neff (D) Lynch Davidson (D) Lon A. Smith (D) Charles Vernon Terrell (D)30D, 1R137D, 4A, 1R17D, 1R
1922 Walter Angus Keeling (D)
1923 Thomas Whitfield Davidson (D)149D, 1R Earle B. Mayfield (D)
1924 Sidney Lee Staples (D) Davis/
Bryan (D)Red x.svg
1925 Miriam A. Ferguson (D) Barry Miller (D) Dan Moody (D) Sam Houston Terrell (D) W. Gregory Hatcher (D)
1926
1927 Dan Moody (D) Claude Pollard (D)
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
192931D Tom Connally (D)18D
Robert L. Bobbitt (D) J. H. Walker (D)
193017D, 1R
1931 Ross S. Sterling (D) Edgar E. Witt (D) James Allred (D) George H. Sheppard (D) Charley Lockhart (D) James E. McDonald (D)150D
193218D Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 Miriam A. Ferguson (D)148D, 2I21D
1934
1935 James Allred (D) Walter Frank Woodul (D) William McCraw (D)149D, 1I
1936
1937 William H. McDonald (D)
1938
1939 W. Lee O'Daniel (D) [lower-alpha 19] Coke R. Stevenson (D) Gerald Mann (D) Bascom Giles (D)150D
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941
Jesse James (D) Andrew Jackson Houston (D)
Coke R. Stevenson (D) [lower-alpha 18] vacant W. Lee O'Daniel (D)
1942
1943 John Lee Smith (D)
1944 Grover Sellers (D) Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945
1946
1947 Beauford H. Jester (D) [lower-alpha 20] Allan Shivers (D) Price Daniel (D)
1948 Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
1949 Allan Shivers (D) [lower-alpha 18] vacant Robert S. Calvert (D) Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
195020D, 1R [lower-alpha 21]
1951 Ben Ramsey (D) John Coyle White (D)149D, 1R21D
1952 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953 John Ben Shepperd (D)150D Price Daniel (D)22D
1954
1955 James Earl Rudder (D)21D, 1R
1956
1957 Price Daniel (D) Will Wilson (D) William A. Blakley (D)
Ralph Yarborough (D)
1958 Bill Allcorn (D)
1959
1960 Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961 Jerry Sadler (D) William A. Blakley (D)
John Tower (R)
1962148D, 2R
1963 John Connally (D) Preston Smith (D) Waggoner Carr (D)140D, 10R21D, 2R
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1965149D, 1R23D
1966
1967 Crawford Martin (D)30D, 1R143D, 7R21D, 2R
1968 Humphrey/
Muskie (D)Red x.svg
1969 Preston Smith (D) Ben Barnes (D)29D, 2R141D, 8R, 1I [lower-alpha 22] 20D, 3R
1970
1971 Bob Armstrong (D)141D, 9R Lloyd Bentsen (D)
1972 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1973 Dolph Briscoe (D) William P. Hobby Jr. (D) John Hill (D)28D, 3R133D, 17R20D, 4R
1974
1975 Bob Bullock (D)132D, 18R21D, 3R
1976 Carter/
Mondale (D)Green check.svg
1977 Warren G. Harding (D) Reagan V. Brown (D)131D, 19R22D, 2R
197827D, 4R
1979 Bill Clements (R) Mark White (D)127D, 23R20D, 4R
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198124D, 7R113D, 37R19D, 5R
1982
1983 Mark White (D) Jim Mattox (D) Ann Richards (D) Garry Mauro (D) Jim Hightower (D)26D, 5R21D, 6R
1984
198525D, 6R95D, 55R Phil Gramm (R)17D, 10R
1986
1987 Bill Clements (R)90D, 60R
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198923D, 8R91D, 59R19D, 8R
1990
1991 Ann Richards (D) Bob Bullock (D) Dan Morales (D) John Sharp (D) Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) Rick Perry (R)22D, 9R [lower-alpha 23] 90D, 60R
19922D, 1R Bush/
Quayle (R)Red x.svg
199318D, 13R92D, 58R Bob Krueger (D)21D, 9R
Martha Whitehead (D) [lower-alpha 24] Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
199491D, 59R [lower-alpha 25] 3R
1995 George W. Bush (R)17D, 14R89D, 61R18D, 12R
199687D, 63R [lower-alpha 26] Dole/
Kemp (R)Red x.svg
1997office abolished [lower-alpha 27] 17R, 14D82D, 68R17D, 13R
1998
Year Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney
General
Comptroller Treasurer Land Comm. Ag. Comm. State Senate State House R. R. Comm. U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S.
House
Electoral votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress

1999–present

YearExecutive offices State Legislature R. R. Comm. United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney
General
Comptroller Land Comm. Ag. Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S.
House
1999 George W. Bush (R) Rick Perry (R) John Cornyn (R) Carole Keeton Strayhorn (R) David Dewhurst (R) Susan Combs (R)16R, 15D78D, 72R3R Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) Phil Gramm (R)17D, 13R
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
2001 Rick Perry (R) Bill Ratliff (R)
2002
Greg Abbott (R)
2003 David Dewhurst (R) Jerry E. Patterson (R)19R, 12D88R, 62D John Cornyn (R)17D, 15R
2004
200587R, 63D21R, 11D
200686R, 64D [lower-alpha 28]
2007 Susan Combs (R) Todd Staples (R)20R, 11D80R, 69D, 1 vac.19R, 13D
81R, 69D
200877R, 71D [lower-alpha 29] McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
200919R, 12D76R, 74D20R, 12D
2010
2011101R, 49D23R, 9D
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
201395R, 55D Ted Cruz (R)24R, 12D
2014
2015 Greg Abbott (R) Dan Patrick (R) Ken Paxton (R) Glenn Hegar (R) George P. Bush (R) Sid Miller (R)20R, 11D98R, 52D25R, 11D
201699R, 50D, 1I [lower-alpha 30] Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
201795R, 55D
2018
21R, 10D [lower-alpha 31]
201919R, 12D83R, 67D23R, 13D
2020 Trump/
Pence (R)Red x.svg
202118R, 13D85R, 65D [lower-alpha 32]
202224R, 12D [lower-alpha 33]
2023 Dawn Buckingham (R)19R, 12D86R, 64D25R, 13D
Year Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney
General
Comptroller Land Comm. Ag. Comm. State Senate State House R. R. Comm. U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S.
House
Electoral votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
  2. 1 2 3 4 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  3. Evicted from office due to his refusal to swear an oath to the Confederate States of America.
  4. Fled Austin as it fell to Union forces.
  5. Provisional military governor.
  6. 1 2 Was removed from office by General Philip Sheridan, commander of the Fifth Military District during Reconstruction.
  7. Resigned due to disagreements with General Joseph J. Reynolds.
  8. The office remained vacant until the 14th Legislature in 1874.
  9. Elected lieutenant governor in 1869 but was not inaugurated. He presided over the provisional session but left office after being selected as an at-large representative to the United States Congress.
  10. Elected in a special election held under military direction.
  11. 1 2 3 4 As president pro tempore of the state Senate, served as lieutenant governor ex officio while the office remained vacant.
  12. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  13. Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics & History. Governor Hogg appointed Foster to the First Railroad Commission of Texas in May.
  14. Shot and killed in office by a former employee.
  15. Appointed by Governor upon the death of his predecessor.
  16. Governor appointed first incumbent when office was created by the Legislature.
  17. Resigned due to the legislature's bringing impeachment proceedings against him.
  18. 1 2 3 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was subsequently in his own right.
  19. Resigned after winning the Democratic primary for a United States Senate seat; he won the election.
  20. Died in office.
  21. Republican Ben H. Guill won a special election to succeed Democrat Eugene Worley, who resigned, flipping a seat.
  22. John Poerner won his seat as a Republican in a special election March, but changed to Independent once sworn into the House.
  23. Republican David Sibley won a February special election to fill the seat of Democrat Chet Edwards, who resigned to become a U.S. Representative.
  24. Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his or her own right.
  25. Representative Ric Williams switched parties. [1]
  26. In February 1995, Republican Todd Staples won a special election to flip a seat. [2] Later in 1995, Representative Warren Chisum switched parties. [3]
  27. In 1996, voters approved a constitutional amendment abolishing the Office of State Treasurer and transferring its functions to the Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts.
  28. Democrat Donna Howard won a special election to fill the unexpired term of Republican Todd Baxter.
  29. Democrat Dan Barret won a special election to fill the unexpired term of Republican Anna Mowery, and Republican Kirk England switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democratic, flipping two seats. [4] [5]
  30. Republican John Lujan won a special election to succeed Democrat Joe Farias, who resigned, flipping a seat. [6] Additionally, Independent Laura Thompson won a special election to succeed Democrat Ruth Jones McClendon, who resigned, flipping another seat. [7]
  31. Republican Pete Flores won a special election to succeed Democrat Carlos Uresti, who resigned, flipping a seat. [8]
  32. Republican John Lujan won a special election to succeed Democrat Leo Pacheco, who resigned, flipping a seat. [9] Additionally, Ryan Guillen switched parties from Democratic to Republican. [10]
  33. Republican Mayra Flores won a special election to succeed Democrat Filemon Vela Jr., who resigned, flipping a seat. [11]

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  2. "Republican wins District 11 seat in special vote". Houston Chronicle . February 13, 1995. p. 15.
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