The 50th Texas Legislature met from January 14, 1947, to June 6, 1947. All members present during this session were elected in the 1946 general elections, except for Senator Maribelle Stewart of Houston who succeeded her husband, who died in office, in a special election in 1947.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 14, 1947 - June 6, 1947

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor:

Allan Shivers Robert Allan Shivers (; October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Texas. Shivers was a leader of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s and developed the lieutena ...

(D) * President Pro Tempore:

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(D), T. C. Chadick (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: William O. Reed (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 * Howard A. Carney (D),

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

Dist. 2 * Wardlow Lane (D),

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Dist. 3 *

Ben Ramsey Ben Ramsey may refer to: * Ben Ramsey (politician) * Ben Ramsey (filmmaker) {{hndis, Ramsey, Ben ...

(D), San Augustine Dist. 4 * W. R. Cousins, Jr. (D),

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Dist. 5 * Roger A. Knight (D), Madisonville Dist. 6 * James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 * T. C. Chadick (D), Quitman Dist. 8 * A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D),

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Dist. 9 * Charles R. Jones (D), Bonham Dist. 10 * G. C. Morris (D), Greenville Dist. 11 * Fred Harris (D),

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

Dist. 12 * A. B. Crawford (D), Granbury Dist. 13 * Kyle Vick (D),

Waco Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...

Dist. 14 * Joseph Alton York (D), Bryan Dist. 15 * Gus J. Strauss (D),

Hallettsville Hallettsville is a city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,731 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lavaca County. Hallettsville also has a sizable German-Texan population as the towns founders were mainly German ...

Dist. 16 * W. Lacey Stewart (D),

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

succeeded by * Maribelle Stewart (D),

Dist. 17 * Jimmy Phillips (D), Angleton Dist. 18 * Fred Mauritz (D), Ganado Dist. 19 * Rudolph A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 * James A. Stanford (D),

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

Dist. 21 * Buster Brown (D),

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Dist. 22 * R. L. Proffer (D),

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Dist. 23 * George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 * Pat Bullock (D), Colorado City Dist. 25 * Dorsey B. Hardeman (D),

San Angelo San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

Dist. 26 * Walter Tynan (D),

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Dist. 27 * Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 * Keith Kelly (D),

Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

Dist. 29 * Henry L. Winfield (D),

Fort Stockton Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 10 in Texas, Interstate 10, future Interstate 14, U.S. Highways U.S. Route 67 (Texas), 67, U.S. Route 285 (Texas), 285, and U.S. R ...

Dist. 30 * Sterling J. Parrish (D),

Lubbock Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwe ...

Dist. 31 *

Grady Hazlewood Places United States *Grady, Alabama, an unincorporated community *Grady, Arkansas, a city *Grady, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *Grady, New Mexico, a village *Grady, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community *Grady, Virginia, an unincorporat ...

(D),

Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of Potter County, Texas, Potter County. It is the List of cities in Texas by population, 14th-most populous city in Texas and th ...

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats. House members included future Governors

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and future Congressmen Jack Brooks,

Abraham Kazen Abraham Kazen Jr., usually known as Chick Kazen (January 17, 1919 – November 29, 1987), was a U.S. Representative from Texas's 23rd congressional district, the first to serve in that particular position. Elected in 1966, Kazen served unti ...

and J.T. Rutherford and future U.S. House Speaker

Jim Wright James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas's 12th congressional district as a ...

References

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas

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