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District 5 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives that encompasses all of Camp, Morris, Rains, Titus, and Wood Counties, and part of Smith County.
Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties represented |
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3rd | William M. Williams | Unknown | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Fannin, Lamar |
4th | William G. W. Jowers | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Anderson, Houston | |
Cyrus H. Randolph | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | |||
5th | William H. Bourland | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Grayson | |
6th | George R. Reeves | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | ||
7th | November 2, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | |||
8th | John E. Henry | November 7, 1859 | November 4, 1861 | ||
9th | Richard F. Slaughter | November 4, 1861 | November 2, 1863 | Sabine, San Augustine | |
10th | November 2, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | |||
11th | Thomas W. Blount | August 8, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | ||
12th | Benjamin B. Lacy | Democratic | February 9, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | Panola, Rusk |
Adison D. Tinsley | Republican | February 16, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | ||
Augustus J. Booty | Democratic | February 21, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | ||
13th | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | |||
Thomas G. Allison | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | |||
William W. Morris | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | |||
14th | Meshack R. Roberts | Republican | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | Harrison, Rusk |
David Abner Sr. | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | |||
Edward Brown | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | |||
15th | Washington Holley | Democratic | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Houston |
16th | William A. Stewart | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | ||
17th | Benjamin F. Frymier | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | ||
18th | Stephen W. Blount Jr. | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | |
19th | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | |||
20th | John H. Truitt | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | ||
21st | John P. Childers | January 8, 1889 | January 13, 1891 | ||
22nd | James W. Truitt | January 13, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | ||
23rd | P. H. Rogers | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Morris, Red River, Titus | |
24th | John M. Moore | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | ||
25th | Henry T. Rhea | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | ||
26th | John W. Bolin | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | ||
27th | Lynn B. Roach | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | ||
28th | Aubrey T. Stell | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Delta, Franklin, Hopkins | |
29th | Cader Adkin Shelby | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | ||
30th | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | |||
31st | Henry E. Pharr | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | ||
32nd | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | |||
33rd | Sidney Smith Baker | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Panola | |
34th | Alfred E. Meador | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | ||
35th | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | |||
36th | William E. Biggs | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | ||
37th | W. S. Crawford | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | ||
38th | Virgil D. Fugler | January 9, 1923 | July 20, 1924 | Harrison | |
39th | John E.V. Jasper | January 13, 1925 | October 16, 1925 | ||
Vacant | N/A | October 16, 1925 | September 13, 1926 | ||
Benjamin T. Woodall | Democratic | September 13, 1926 | January 11, 1927 | ||
40th | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | |||
41st | January 8, 1929 | July 5, 1929 | |||
Vacant | N/A | July 5, 1929 | January 20, 1930 | ||
Joseph Andrew Riley | Democratic | January 20, 1930 | January 13, 1931 | ||
42nd | Hubbard S. Caven | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | ||
43rd | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | |||
44th | Robert H. Wood | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | ||
45th | January 12, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | |||
46th | January 10, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | |||
47th | Robert V. Avant Sr. | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | ||
48th | January 12, 1943 | January 11, 1944 | |||
49th | Isom P. Hydrick Jr. | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | ||
50th | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | |||
51st | Walter T. Caven | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | ||
52nd | Reagan R. Huffman | January 9, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | ||
53rd | Albert D. Downer | January 13, 1953 | January 11, 1955 | Panola, Shelby | |
54th | Billy E. Hunt | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | ||
55th | Velma L. Ramsey | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | ||
56th | January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | |||
57th | Robert L. Fairchild | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | ||
58th | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby | ||
59th | Steve A. Burgess | January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | ||
60th | John H. Hannah Jr. | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | Angelina, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | |
61st | January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | Angelina, Polk, San Jacinto | ||
62nd | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | |||
63rd | Herman Adams Jr. | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson | |
64th | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | |||
65th | January 11, 1977 | January 10, 1978 | |||
Vacant | N/A | January 10, 1978 | March 31, 1978 | ||
Jerry L. Clark | Democratic | March 31, 1978 | January 9, 1979 | ||
66th | January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | |||
67th | January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | |||
68th | Bill G. Hollowell | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt | |
69th | January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | |||
70th | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | |||
71st | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | |||
72nd | Bob D. Glaze | January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | ||
73rd | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | |||
74th | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | |||
75th | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | |||
76th | January 12, 1999 | January 9, 2001 | |||
77th | January 9, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | |||
78th | Bryan Hughes | Republican | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | Camp, Harrison, Upshur, Wood |
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 | Camp, Morris, Rains, Smith, Titus, Wood | ||
84th | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | |||
85th | Cole Hefner | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | ||
86th | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | |||
87th | January 12, 2021 | Present |
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