Texas's 6th Congressional District

Texas's 6th 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

Jake Ellzey (Republican) currently represents Texas's 6th Congressional District. See Jake Ellzey's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Texas's 6th Congressional District:

• Ron Wright — Republican (until 2021)
• Joe Barton — Republican (until 2019)
• Olin Teague — Democrat (until 1979)
• Luther Johnson — Democrat (until 1946)
• Rufus Hardy — Democrat (until 1923)
• Scott Field — Democrat (until 1907)
• Robert Burke — Democrat (until 1903)
• Dudley Wooten — Democrat (until 1903)
• Jo Abbott — Democrat (until 1897)
• Olin Wellborn — Democrat (until 1887)

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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