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District 42 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Richard Raymond since 2001. [1]
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District 42 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Richard Raymond since 2001. [1]
The district is located in Webb County, Texas.
| Leg. | Portrait | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties they represented |
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| 3rd | Reuben E. Clements | Unknown | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Nueces, Starr, Webb | |
| 4th |  | Andrew Jackson Hamilton | Democratic | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Travis |
| 5th | William Francis Daniel | Unknown | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Falls, Freestone, Limestone | |
| 6th | Milton Busby | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | |||
| 7th | Thomas P. Aycock | Democratic | November 2, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | ||
| 8th | Aaron Perry Jr. | November 7, 1859 | November 4, 1861 | |||
| 9th | Joseph Ward | Unknown | November 4, 1861 | January 14, 1862 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker | |
| 10th | Edmund Gaines Pendleton | November 2, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | |||
| John Henry Prince | November 2, 1863 | April 18, 1864 | ||||
| Vacant | — | April 18, 1864 | May 4, 1864 | |||
| William Russell Shannon | Democratic | May 4, 1864 | August 6, 1866 | |||
| 11th | Benjamin P. Hendley | Unknown | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | ||
| C. L. Jordan | August 8, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | ||||
| 12th | Vacant | — | February 7, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | — | |
| 13th | — | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | — | ||
| 14th | — | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | — | ||
| 15th | Elias Brooks Smyth | Democratic | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Limestone | |
| 16th | James Petty Brown | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | |||
| 17th |  | Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | ||
| 18th | John Marks Moore | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens | ||
| 19th | Joseph T. Webb | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | |||
| 20th | Alexander Hamilton Latimer | Prohibitionist Democrat | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | ||
| 21st | Charles Ulrich Connellee | Democratic | January 8, 1889 | January 10, 1891 | ||
| 22nd | January 10, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | ||||
| 23rd | Martin McHenry Kenney | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Austin | ||
| 24th | Charles Langhammer | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | |||
| 25th | Frank Lotto | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | |||
| 26th | Dethloff Willrodt | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | |||
| 27th | Charles Cantrell Glenn | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | |||
| 28th | William Jackson Bryant | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Limestone | ||
| 29th | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | ||||
| 30th | George A. Bell | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | |||
| 31st | Lucius Pat Leach | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | |||
| 32nd | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | ||||
| 33rd | James Leonard Webb | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Grayson | ||
| Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | ||||
| 34th | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | ||||
| Dan Scott McMillin | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | ||||
| 35th | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | ||||
| Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | ||||
| 36th | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | ||||
| Dan Scott McMillin | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | ||||
| 37th | Humboldt Cummins | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | |||
| Joseph Robert Westbrook | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | ||||
| 38th | Clifford Eugene Dinkle | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Hunt, Rains | ||
| 39th | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | ||||
| 40th | Selby Evans Barnett | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | |||
| 41st | January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 | ||||
| 42nd | Benjamin Franklin Vaughn | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | |||
| 43rd | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | ||||
| 44th | Jesse Elbert Roach | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | |||
| 45th | Louis Mountville Lankford | January 12, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | |||
| 46th | Robert Graham Piner | January 10, 1939 | January 13, 1941 | |||
| 47th | William Leonard Carlton | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | |||
| 48th | January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | ||||
| 49th | Edward P. Mangum | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | |||
| 50th | Joseph Ogden Berry | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | |||
| 51st | William Agnew Swindell | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | |||
| 52nd | January 9, 1951 | July 5, 1951 (resigned) | ||||
| Vacant | — | July 5, 1951 | November 13, 1951 | |||
| Robert Edgar Hutchins Jr. | Democratic | November 13, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | |||
| 53rd | Jimmy Ralph Morris | January 13, 1953 | July 15, 1954 (resigned) | Navarro | ||
| Vacant | — | July 15, 1954 | January 11, 1955 | |||
| 54th | Robert Clifton Jackson | Democratic | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | ||
| 55th | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | ||||
| 56th | January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | ||||
| 57th | Paul Williams Curington | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | |||
| 58th | Ronald Edd Roberts | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Hill, Navarro | ||
| 59th | January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | ||||
| 60th | Joseph Terry Newman | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio | ||
| 61st | January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca | |||
| 62nd | Tim Van Dohlen | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | |||
| 63rd | William G. "Bill" Coody | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Parker, Tarrant | ||
| 64th | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | ||||
| 65th | January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 | ||||
| 66th | January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | ||||
| 67th | January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | ||||
| 68th | Antonio C. "Tony" Garcia | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Hidalgo | ||
| 69th | January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | ||||
| 70th | Renato Cuellar | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | |||
| 71st | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | ||||
| 72nd | January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | ||||
| 73rd |  | Henry Cuellar | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Webb | |
| 74th | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | ||||
| 75th | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | ||||
| 76th | January 12, 1999 | January 2, 2001 | ||||
| 77th | Richard Peña Raymond | January 24, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | |||
| 78th | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | ||||
| 79th | January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | ||||
| 80th | January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | ||||
| 81st | January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | ||||
| 82nd | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | ||||
| 83rd | January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 | ||||
| 84th | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | ||||
| 85th | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | ||||
| 86th | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2012 | ||||
| 87th | January 12, 2021 | January 10, 2023 | ||||
| 88th | January 10, 2023 | January 14, 2025 | ||||
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