Texas's 2nd Congressional District

Texas's 2nd 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

Dan Crenshaw (Republican) currently represents Texas's 2nd Congressional District. See Dan Crenshaw's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Texas's 2nd Congressional District:

• Ted Poe — Republican (until 2019)
• James Turner — Democrat (until 2005)
• Charles Wilson — Democrat (until 1997)
• John Dowdy — Democrat (until 1973)
• Jesse Combs — Democrat (until 1953)
• John Box — Democrat (until 1931)
• Martin Dies — Democrat (until 1919)
• Samuel Cooper — Democrat (until 1909)
• Moses Broocks — Democrat (until 1907)
• John Long — Democrat (until 1893)

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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