The 51st Texas Legislature met from January 11, 1949, to July 6, 1949. All members present during this session were elected in the 1948 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 11, 1949 - July 6, 1949

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor:

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(D) until September 1, 1949. Upon the death of Governor Beauford H. Jester, he became Governor and the Office of Lieutenant Governor was vacant. * President Pro Tempore: Kyle Vick (D) George C. Morris (D)

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(D)
Wardlow W. Lane (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: Durwood Manford (D)

Members

Senate

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

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Dist. 2 * Wardlow Lane (D),

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Dist. 3 * Ottis E. Lock (D), Lufkin Dist. 4 * W. R. Cousins, Jr. (D),

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Dist. 5 * Mrs. Neveille H. Colson (D), Navasota Dist. 6 * James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 * Warren McDonald (D),

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Dist. 8 * A. 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 * Crawford Martin (D), Hillsboro 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 * William T. "Bill" Moore (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 * 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 * John J. Bell (D), Cuero Dist. 19 * R. A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 * Carlos Ashley (D), Llano Dist. 21 * W. A. Shofner (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 * Hill D. Hudson (D), Pecos Dist. 30 * Kilmer B. Corbin (D), Lamesa Dist. 31 *

(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

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and

Dolph Briscoe Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Because of his re-election foll ...

, and future Congressmen Jack Brooks, Bob Casey,

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.

Sources

* ''Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, 1949-51''. A.H. Belo Corporation, Dallas, Texas.

External links

{{TexasLegislatures 51st Texas Legislature 1949 in Texas 1949 U.S. legislative sessions