Forty-ninth Texas Legislature
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The 49th Texas Legislature met from January 9, 1945 to June 5, 1945. All members present during this session were elected in the 1944 general elections.

Senate

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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Total 31

House

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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Total 150

Senate

  • Lieutenant Governor: John Lee Smith
    John Lee Smith
    John Lee Smith was the lieutenant governor of Texas during World War II and a vocal opponent of Texas labor unions during his tenure....

     (D)
  • President Pro Tempore: George C. Moffett (D), William Graves
    William Graves
    William Graves may refer to:* William Graves , who sat for the East Looe constituency in the British Parliament* William J. Graves , US Representative from Kentucky...

     (D)

Senate

Dist. 1
  • Howard A. Carney (D), Atlanta
    Atlanta, Texas
    Atlanta is a city in Cass County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,745.-Geography:Atlanta is located at ....



Dist. 2
  • Wardlow Lane (D), Center
    Center, Texas
    Center is a city in Shelby County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,678 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Shelby County...



Dist. 3
  • Ben Ramsey
    Ben Ramsey
    Ben Ramsey was a Texas politician who served in a succession of offices during the mid-20th century. He served in both Houses of the Texas Legislature, as secretary of state, Lieutenant Governor, and as member of the Texas Railroad Commission.Ramsey was born on December 28, 1903 in San Augustine,...

     (D), San Augustine
    San Augustine, Texas
    San Augustine is a city in San Augustine County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,475 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Augustine County and is situated in East Texas.-Geography:San Augustine is located at ....



Dist. 4
  • Allan Shivers
    Allan Shivers
    Robert Allan Shivers was a Texas politician who led the conservative faction of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s...

     (D), Port Arthur
    Port Arthur, Texas
    -Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...



Dist. 5
  • Roger A. Knight (D), Madisonville
    Madisonville, Texas
    Madisonville is a city in Madison County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,159 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County. Both the City of Madisonville and the County of Madison were named for U.S...



Dist. 6
  • James E. Taylor (D), Kerens
    Kerens, Texas
    Kerens is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,681 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kerens is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....



Dist. 7
  • T. C. Chadick (D), Quitman
    Quitman, Texas
    Quitman is a city in Wood County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,030 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wood County. It is most notable for being the birthplace of American Academy Award winning actress Sissy Spacek. The city's slogan is "Come grow with us." It was...



Dist. 8
  • A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D), Paris
    Paris, Texas
    Paris, Texas is a city located northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. In 1900, 9,358 people lived...



Dist. 9
  • Charles R. Jones (D), Bonham
    Bonham, Texas
    Bonham is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,127 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fannin County. James Bonham sought the aid of James Fannin at the Battle of the Alamo....



Dist. 10
  • G. C. Morris (D), Greenville
    Greenville, Texas
    Greenville is the county seat, and the largest city, of Hunt County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,557....


Dist. 11
  • William Graves
    William Graves
    William Graves may refer to:* William Graves , who sat for the East Looe constituency in the British Parliament* William J. Graves , US Representative from Kentucky...

     (D), Dallas
    Dallas, Texas
    Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...



Dist. 12
  • A. B. Crawford (D), Granbury
    Granbury, Texas
    Granbury is a city in Hood County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,718. It is the county seat of Hood County and the principal city of the Micropolitan Statistical Area....



Dist. 13
  • Kyle Vick (D), Waco
    Waco, Texas
    Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....



Dist. 14
  • Joseph Alton York (D), Bryan
    Bryan, Texas
    Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 76,201. It is the county seat of Brazos County and is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley . It shares its border with the city of College Station, which lies to its south...



Dist. 15
  • Louis Sulak (D), La Grange
    La Grange, Texas
    La Grange is a city in Fayette County, Texas, near the Colorado River. The population was 4,478 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimated population was 4,645. But a 2010 census estimated that the city had a population of 4,923...



Dist. 16
  • Weaver Moore (D), Houston
    Houston, Texas
    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...



Dist. 17
  • William Stone (D), Galveston
    Galveston, Texas
    Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...



Dist. 18
  • Fred Mauritz (D), Ganado
    Ganado, Texas
    Ganado is a city in Jackson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,915 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ganado is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....



Dist. 19
  • Rudolph A. Weinert
    Rudolph A. Weinert
    Rudolph A. Weinert was a politician from Seguin, Texas, who served in the Texas Senate for 27 years.-Early life and family:Rudolph A. Weinert was born December 19, 1894. Weinert was married to Johnnie Ponton from 1905 until her death in 1973. They had one daughter.-Career: Weinert was a...

     (D), Seguin
    Seguin, Texas
    Seguin is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, in the United States. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,011; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had increased to 26,842...



Dist. 20
  • James A. Stanford (D), Austin
    Austin, Texas
    Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...


Dist. 21
  • Buster Brown (D), Temple
    Temple, Texas
    Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco. In the 2010 Census, Temple's population was 66,102, an...



Dist. 22
  • Royston Lanning (D), Jacksboro
    Jacksboro, Texas
    Jacksboro is a city in Jack County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,533 at the 2000 census. Jacksboro is located at the junction of U.S...



Dist. 23
  • George Moffett (D), Chillicothe
    Chillicothe, Texas
    Chillicothe is a city in Hardeman County, Texas, United States. The population was 798 at the 2000 census.The historical preservationist Myna Potts resides in Chillicothe...



Dist. 24
  • Pat Bullock (D), Colorado City
    Colorado City, Texas
    Colorado City is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,281 at the 2000 census....



Dist. 25
  • Penrose Metcalfe (D), San Angelo
    San Angelo, Texas
    San Angelo is a city in the state of Texas. Located in West Central Texas it is the county seat of Tom Green County. As of 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total population of 93,200...



Dist. 26
  • J. Franklin Spears (D), San Antonio
    San Antonio, Texas
    San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...



Dist. 27
  • Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg
    Edinburg, Texas
    Edinburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 77,100 at the 2010 census. The University of Texas–Pan American, the only fully accredited four-year university in the Rio Grande Valley, is located in Edinburg.Edinburg is part of the...



Dist. 28
  • Jesse Martin (D), Fort Worth
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...



Dist. 29
  • Henry L. Winfield (D), Fort Stockton
    Fort Stockton, Texas
    Fort Stockton is a city in Pecos County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,846 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pecos County.-Geography:Fort Stockton is located at ....



Dist. 30
  • Sterling J. Parrish (D), Lubbock
    Lubbock, Texas
    Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...



Dist. 31
  • Grady Hazlewood (D), Amarillo
    Amarillo, Texas
    Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...



House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats.

House members included future Governor Preston Smith.

Sources

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