Texas's 47th House of Representatives district

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Texas's 47th State
House of Representatives
district
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Representative
  Vikki Goodwin
D Austin
Demographics62.1%  White
4.0%  Black
15.9%  Hispanic
16.1%  Asian
8.4% Other
Population (2020)
  Voting age
203,643
153,837

The Texas House of Representatives 47th district that represents west and south Travis County. The current representative of this district is Vikki Goodwin, a Democrat from Shady Hollow. [1] [2]

The district is home to many in Austin.

List of representatives

Leg. [3] RepresentativePartyTerm startTerm endCounties represented
4th Amasa Turner UnknownNovember 3, 1851November 7, 1853 Gonzales, Lavaca
5th November 7, 1853November 5, 1855 Gonzales, DeWitt
James Shaw November 7, 1853November 5, 1855 Brazos, Burleson
6th November 5, 1855November 2, 1857
7th Elijah James Chance November 2, 1857November 7, 1859
8th Titus Howard Mundine November 7, 1859November 4, 1861
9th Constantine W. Buckley November 4, 1861November 2, 1863 Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton
10th November 2, 1863December 19, 1865
11th James D. Whitten August 8, 1866February 7, 1870
15th Edward Chambers Democratic April 18, 1876January 14, 1879 Collin
16th W.W. Merritt January 14, 1879January 11, 1881
17th January 11, 1881January 9, 1883
18th Joseph Rushing January 9, 1883January 13, 1885 Kaufman, Texas
19th James S. Woods January 13, 1885January 11, 1887
20th Sanctus Waskom January 11, 1887January 8, 1889
21st James Eldrage Dillard January 8, 1889January 13, 1891
22nd Marshall Gossett January 10, 1893January 13, 1891
23rd Nathan E. Dever January 10, 1893January 8, 1895 Washington County, Texas
24th Dewitt Clinton Giddings Jr. January 8, 1895January 12, 1897
25th Ben S. Rogers January 12, 1897January 10, 1899
26th January 10, 1899January 8, 1901
27th Samuel H. Goodlett January 8, 1901January 13, 1903
28th John Mortimer Johnson January 13, 1903January 10, 1905 Lee, Washington
29th William David "Davie" Crockett January 10, 1905January 8, 1907
30th Henry Frank Schlosshan January 8, 1907January 12, 1909
31st James P. Buchanan January 12, 1909January 10, 1911
32nd January 10, 1911January 14, 1913
33rd Thomas Garland Collins January 14, 1913January 12, 1915 Dallas, Kaufman
34th James A. Florer January 12, 1915January 9, 1917
35th January 9, 1917February 26, 1918
36th John Davis January 14, 1919January 11, 1921
37th January 11, 1921October 24, 1921
38th Robert Lee Bob Cable January 9, 1923January 13, 1925 Montague County, Texas
39th Thomas Luther Walker January 13, 1925January 11, 1927
40th January 11, 1927January 8, 1929
41st John Paul Finn January 8, 1929January 13, 1931
42nd January 13, 1931January 10, 1933
43rd Franklin A. Wood January 10, 1933January 8, 1935
44th January 8, 1935January 12, 1937
45th Marvin Flynt London January 12, 1937January 10, 1939
46th January 10, 1939September 27, 1939
Earl Clinton Fitts November 28, 1939January 14, 1941
47th Paul Edwin Donald January 14, 1941January 12, 1943
48th January 12, 1943January 9, 1945
49th Elmer Lee Covey January 9, 1945January 14, 1947
50th Wayne Warren Wagonseller January 14, 1947January 11, 1949
51st January 11, 1949January 9, 1951
52nd Anthony Paul Fenoglio January 9, 1951January 13, 1953
53rd Fredrick A. Niemann January 13, 1953January 11, 1955 Gonzales, Lavaca
54th January 11, 1955January 8, 1957
55th Stanley E. Boysen January 8, 1957January 13, 1959
56th January 13, 1959January 10, 1961
57th January 10, 1961January 8, 1963
58th January 8, 1963January 12, 1965 DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca
59th Joseph Terry Newman, Sr. January 12, 1965January 10, 1967
63rd Jon Paul Newton January 9, 1973January 14, 1975 Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, La Salle Live Oak, McMullen, Wilson
64th January 14, 1975January 11, 1977
65th Thomas Jefferson Martin, Jr. January 11, 1977January 9, 1979
66th January 9, 1979January 13, 1981
67th Jay Harvey Reynolds Republican January 13, 1981January 11, 1983
68th Robert Barton, Jr. Democratic January 11, 1983January 8, 1985 Blanco, Hays, Llano, Travis
69th Margaret Anne Cooper Republican January 8, 1985January 13, 1987
70th January 13, 1987January 10, 1989
71st Elizabeth Ann Linebarger Democratic January 10, 1989January 8, 1991
72nd January 8, 1991January 12, 1993
73rd Susan Combs Republican January 12, 1993January 10, 1995 Travis
74th January 10, 1995January 26, 1996
Patty Keel June 14, 1996January 14, 1997
75th Terry Keel January 14, 1997January 12, 1999
76th January 12, 1999January 9, 2001
77th January 9, 2001January 14, 2003
78th January 14, 2003January 11, 2005
79th January 11, 2005January 9, 2007
80th Valinda Bolton Democratic January 9, 2007January 13, 2009
81st January 13, 2009January 11, 2011
82nd Paul Workman Republican January 11, 2011January 8, 2013
83rd January 8, 2013January 13, 2015
84th January 13, 2015January 10, 2017
85th January 10, 2017January 8, 2019
86th Vikki Goodwin Democratic January 8, 2019January 12, 2021
87th January 12, 2021Present
88thTBDTBD20232025

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References

  1. "Texas House of Representatives District 47". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. "Legislative Reference Library of Texas". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2018.