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The 55th Texas Legislature met from January 8, 1957, to May 23, 1957, and in two special sessions in November - December of that same year. All members present during this session were elected in the 1956 general elections.


Sessions

Regular Session: January 8, 1957 - May 23, 1957 1st Called Session: October 14, 1957 - November 12, 1957 2nd Called Session: November 13, 1957 - December 3, 1957


Party summary


Senate


House


Officers


Senate

* Lieutenant Governor:
Ben Ramsey Ben Ramsey may refer to: * Ben Ramsey (politician) * Ben Ramsey (filmmaker) {{hndis, Ramsey, Ben ...
(D) * President Pro Tempore: Ottis E. Lock (D), Carlos C. Ashley Sr. (D), Searcy Bracewell (D), William T. "Bill" Moore (D) and Jep S. Fuller (D)


House

* Speaker of the House: Waggoner Carr (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),
Center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...
Dist. 3 * Ottis E. Lock (D), Lufkin Dist. 4 * Jep Fuller (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 * Neveille H. Colson (D), Navasota Dist. 6 * James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 * Bill D. Wood (D),
Tyler Tyler may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name * Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer * John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...
Dist. 8 * George M. Parkhouse (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. 9 *
Ray Roberts Herbert Ray Roberts (March 28, 1913 – April 13, 1992) represented Texas's 4th congressional district from 1962 to 1981. He was a Democrat. Early life and education Roberts was born in rural Collin County, Texas in 1913. He grew up in the r ...
(D),
McKinney McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about north of Dallas. The U.S. Census Bureau lis ...
Dist. 10 * Doyle Willis (D), Fort Worth Dist. 11 * William T. "Bill" Moore (D), Bryan Dist. 12 * Crawford Martin (D), Hillsboro Dist. 13 * Jarrard Secrest (D),
Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
Dist. 14 * Charles F. Herring (D), Austin Dist. 15 * Culp Krueger (D), El Campo Dist. 16 * Searcy Bracewell (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 ...
Dist. 17 * Jimmy Phillips (D), Angleton Dist. 18 * William S. Fly (D),
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
Dist. 19 * Rudolph A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 * Bruce Reagan (D), Corpus Christi Dist. 21 *
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 ...
(D), Laredo Dist. 22 * Wayne Wagonseller (D), Stoneburg Dist. 23 * George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 * David Ratliff (D), Stamford 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 * Henry B. Gonzalez (D),
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Dist. 27 * Hubert R. Hudson (D), Brownsville Dist. 28 * Preston Smith (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. 29 * Frank Owen, III (D),
El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...
Dist. 30 * Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers (D), Childress 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 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 federal judge
Barefoot Sanders Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (February 5, 1925 – September 21, 2008) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and counsel ...
and future Congressmen Kika de la Garza and Joe Pool, as well as future Lieutenant Governor
Bob Bullock Robert Douglas Bullock Sr. (July 10, 1929 – June 18, 1999), was an American Democratic politician from Texas, whose career spanned four decades. His service culminated in his term as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15, ...
, future Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr, and future Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler.


Sources

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas


External links

{{TexasLegislatures Texas legislative sessions 1957 in Texas 1957 U.S. legislative sessions