Texas's 3rd Congressional District

Texas's 3rd 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

Keith Self (Republican) currently represents Texas's 3rd Congressional District. See Keith Self's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Texas's 3rd Congressional District:

• Van Taylor — Republican (until 2023)
• Sam Johnson — Republican (until 2019)
• Harry Bartlett — Republican (until 1991)
• James Collins — Republican (until 1983)
• Joe Pool — Democrat (until 1969)
• Lindley Beckworth — Democrat (until 1967)
• Brady Gentry — Democrat (until 1957)
• Morgan Sanders — Democrat (until 1939)
• James Young — Democrat (until 1921)
• Robert Lively — Democrat (until 1911)

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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