Texas House of Representatives, District 62

Last updated
Texas's 62nd State
House of Representatives
district
Representative
  Reggie Smith
R Sherman
Demographics76.6%  White
7.2%  Black
12.5%  Hispanic
1.6%  Asian
Population167,950

District 62 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves all of Grayson County and Fannin County as well as parts of Delta County. The current representative for District 62 is Republican Reggie Smith. This district had its first representative in 1853. [1]

Representatives [2]

Leg.RepresentativePartyTerm startTerm endCounties represented
5th Stephen Heard Darden UnknownNovember 7, 1853November 5, 1855 Gonzales
6th November 5, 1855November 2, 1857
7th Albert Nelson Mills November 2, 1875November 7, 1859
8th William Henry Stewart November 7, 1859November 4, 1861
9th William P. McLean November 4, 1861January 7, 1862 Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria
F.M. Taylor November 4, 1861November 2, 1863
Jacob B. Reid February 2, 1863November 2, 1863
10th November 2, 1863August 6, 1866
William M. Cook November 2, 1863August 6, 1866
11th Truman Phelps August 6, 1866February 7, 1870
James M. Baker September 6, 1866February 7, 1870
15th Oliver H.P. McGinnis Democratic April 18, 1876January 14, 1879 Bastrop
16th Benjamin Franklin Jones UnaffiliatedJanuary 14, 1879January 11, 1881
17th Robert A. Kerr Greenback Party January 11, 1881January 9, 1883
18th Lafayette Lumpkin Foster Democratic January 9, 1883January 13, 1885 Falls Limestone McLennan
19th January 13, 1885January 11, 1887
20th Albert Collins Prendergast January 11, 1887January 8, 1889
21st William Abraham Kincaid January 8, 1889January 13, 1891
22nd Francis Marion Sellers January 13, 1891January 10, 1893
23rd Thomas Stalworth Henderson January 10, 1893January 8, 1895 Milam
24th H.F. Smith January 8, 1895January 12, 1897
25th Nathaniel Hardcastle Tracy January 12, 1897January 10, 1899
26th Oscar Fides McAnally January 10, 1899January 8, 1901
27th January 8, 1901January 13, 1903
28th William F. Robertson January 13, 1903January 10, 1905 Williamson
29th Samuel David Davis January 10, 1905January 8, 1907
30th January 8, 1907January 12, 1909
31st W.S. Brookshire January 12, 1909January 10, 1911
32nd January 10, 1911January 14, 1913
33rd M. C. Fields January 14, 1913August 30, 1913 Falls
James Millard Kennedy September 9, 1914January 12, 1915
34th Julius Rector January 12, 1915January 9, 1917
35th Charles Barrett Monday January 9, 1917January 14, 1919
36th E. H. Childers January 14, 1919January 11, 1921
37th January 11, 1921January 9, 1923
38th Andrew Connolly Dunn January 9, 1923January 13, 1925
39th January 13, 1925January 11, 1927
40th Joseph Charles Kennedy January 11, 1927January 8, 1929
41st January 8, 1929January 13, 1931
42nd January 13, 1931January 10, 1933
43rd William Elias Hodges January 10, 1933January 8, 1935
44th January 8, 1935January 12, 1937
45th Albert L. Derden January 12, 1937January 10, 1939
46th January 10, 1939January 14, 1941
47th Warren H. Henderson January 14, 1941January 12, 1943
48th Luman A. Parton January 12, 1943January 9, 1945
49th January 9, 1945January 14, 1947
50th Frank Calvert Oltorf January 14, 1947January 11, 1949
51st January 11, 1949January 9, 1951
52nd William Earl Osborn January 9, 1951January 13, 1953
53rd Wilbur Wright Perry January 13, 1953January 11, 1955 Bosque Coryell Erath Hamilton
54th James W. "Bill" Shannon January 11, 1955January 8, 1957
55th January 8, 1957January 13, 1959
56th Harold Adair Leaverton January 13, 1959January 10, 1961
57th January 10, 1961January 8, 1963
58th James Madison Cotten January 8, 1963January 12, 1965 Hood, Parker, Wise
59th Thomas Howard Holmes Jr. January 12, 1965January 10, 1967
63rd Frank Wayne Calhoun January 9, 1973January 14, 1975 Taylor
64th David Graves Stubbeman January 14, 1975January 11, 1977
65th January 11, 1977January 9, 1979
66th Gary Eugene Thompson January 9, 1979January 13, 1981
67th January 13, 1981January 11, 1983
68th Robert Grammar Bush III January 11, 1983January 8, 1985 Collin, Grayson
69th January 8, 1985January 13, 1987
70th Curtis Lee Seidlits Jr. January 13, 1987January 10, 1989
71st January 10, 1989January 8, 1991
72nd January 8, 1991January 12, 1993
73rd January 12, 1993January 10, 1995 Cooke, Grayson
74th January 10, 1995February 3, 1996
Roger D. Sanders May 17, 1996January 14, 1997
75th Ron Clark Republican January 14, 1997January 12, 1999
76th January 12, 1999January 9, 2001
77th January 9, 2001November 21, 2002
78th Larry Phillips January 14, 2003January 11, 2005 Fannin, Grayson
79th January 11, 2005January 9, 2007
80th January 9, 2007January 13, 2009
81st January 13, 2009January 11, 2011
82nd January 11, 2011January 8, 2013
83rd January 8, 2013January 13, 2015 Delta, Fannin, Grayson
84th January 13, 2015January 10, 2017
85th January 10, 2017April 30, 2018
86th Reggie Smith January 8, 2019Present
87th January 12, 2021Present

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References

  1. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm
  2. "Past Representatives from the 62nd house district". lrl.texas.gov.