Texas's 5th Congressional District

Texas's 5th 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

Lance Gooden (Republican) currently represents Texas's 5th Congressional District. See Lance Gooden's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Texas's 5th Congressional District:

• Jeb Hensarling — Republican (until 2019)
• John Bryant — Democrat (until 1997)
• James Mattox — Democrat (until 1983)
• Alan Steelman — Republican (until 1977)
• Earle Cabell — Democrat (until 1973)
• Bruce Alger — Republican (until 1965)
• Joseph Wilson — Democrat (until 1955)
• Hatton Sumners — Democrat (until 1947)
• James Beall — Democrat (until 1915)
• Silas Hare — Democrat (until 1891)

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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