Texas's 18th Congressional District

Texas's 18th 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

Christian Menefee (Democrat) currently represents Texas's 18th Congressional District. See Christian Menefee's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Texas's 18th Congressional District:

• Sylvester Turner — Democrat (until 2025)
• Erica Lee Carter — Democrat (until 2025)
• Sheila Jackson Lee — Democrat (until 2024)
• Craig Washington — Democrat (until 1995)
• George Leland — Democrat (until 1989)
• Barbara Jordan — Democrat (until 1979)
• Walter Rogers — Democrat (until 1967)
• Ben Guill — Republican (until 1951)
• Francis Worley — Democrat (until 1951)
• John Jones — Democrat (until 1941)

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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