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:

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(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),

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Dist. 2 * Wardlow Lane (D),

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Dist. 3 *

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(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 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 i ...

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 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 Pl ...

Dist. 26 * Walter Tynan (D),

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Dist. 27 * Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 * Keith Kelly (D), Fort Worth Dist. 29 * Henry L. Winfield (D), Fort Stockton 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 northw ...

Dist. 31 *

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(D),

Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Cou ...

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats. House members included future Governors Preston Smith and future Congressmen Jack Brooks, Abraham Kazen and J.T. Rutherford and future U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright.

References

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas

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