Texas's 12th Congressional District

Texas's 12th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Texas's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Craig Goldman (Republican) currently represents Texas's 12th Congressional District. See Craig Goldman's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Texas's 12th Congressional District:

• Kay Granger — Republican (until 2025)
• Preston Geren — Democrat (until 1997)
• James Wright — Democrat (until 1989)
• Wingate Lucas — Democrat (until 1955)
• Fritz Lanham — Democrat (until 1947)
• James Wilson — Democrat (until 1921)
• Oscar Callaway — Democrat (until 1917)
• Oscar Gillespie — Democrat (until 1911)
• George Noonan — Republican (until 1897)
• Thomas Paschal — Democrat (until 1895)

Texas U.S. Senators

• Ted Cruz — Republican Senator
• John Cornyn — Republican Senator
• Kay Hutchison — Republican Senator
• Phil Gramm — Republican Senator
• Robert Krueger — Democrat Senator
• Lloyd Bentsen — Democrat Senator
• John Tower — Republican Senator
• Ralph Yarborough — Democrat Senator
• William Blakley — Democrat Senator
• Lyndon Johnson — Democrat Senator
• Marion Daniel — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Connally — Democrat Senator
• Wilbert O’Daniel — Democrat Senator
• Andrew Houston — Democrat Senator
• Morris Sheppard — Democrat Senator
• Earle Mayfield — Democrat Senator
• Charles Culberson — Democrat Senator
• Rienzi Johnston — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Bailey — Democrat Senator
• Horace Chilton — Democrat Senator
• Roger Mills — Democrat Senator
• Richard Coke — Democrat Senator
• John Reagan — Democrat Senator
• Samuel Maxey — Democrat Senator
• Morgan Hamilton — Republican Senator
• James Flanagan — Republican Senator
• John Hemphill — Democrat Senator
• Louis Wigfall — Democrat Senator
• Matthias Ward — Democrat Senator
• James Henderson — Democrat Senator
• Samuel Houston — American Senator
• Thomas Rusk — Democrat Senator

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