The 54th Texas Legislature met from January 11, 1955, to June 7, 1955. All members present during this session were elected in the 1954 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 11, 1955 - June 7, 1955

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor: Ben Ramsey (D) * President Pro Tempore:

Crawford Martin Crawford Collins Martin (March 13, 1916 – December 29, 1972) was a Texas State Senator, Texas Secretary of State and Attorney General of Texas from 1967 until his death. Early life Martin was born to Will M. Martin and Daisy (Beavers) Martin at ...

(D)
Neveille H. Colson (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: Jim T. Lindsey (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 * Howard A. Carney (D), Atlanta Dist. 2 * Wardlow Lane (D), Center Dist. 3 * Ottis E. Lock (D),

Lufkin Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded ...

Dist. 4 * Jep Fuller (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 * Neveille H. Colson (D),

Navasota Navasota is a city in Grimes County, Texas, Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas" in honor of the late Mance Lipscomb, ...

Dist. 6 * James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 * Warren McDonald (D),

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Dist. 8 * George M. Parkhouse (D), Dallas Dist. 9 * Ray Roberts (D), McKinney Dist. 10 * Doyle Willis (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. 11 * William T. "Bill" Moore (D),

Bryan Bryan may refer to: Places United States * Bryan, Arkansas * Bryan, Kentucky * Bryan, Ohio * Bryan, Texas * Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town in Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming * Bryan Township (disambiguation) Facilities and structur ...

Dist. 12 *

(D), Hillsboro Dist. 13 * Jarrard Secrest (D), Temple Dist. 14 * Johnnie B. Rogers (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. 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 J. Searcy Bracewell Jr. (January 19, 1918 – May 13, 2003), was a Texas Democratic politician and founder of the law firm Bracewell LLP, based in Houston. He served as both a member of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate from ...

(D), Houston Dist. 17 * Jimmy Phillips (D), Angleton Dist. 18 * William S. Fly (D), Victoria Dist. 19 *

Rudolph A. Weinert Rudolph A. Weinert (December 19, 1894 – January 24, 1974) 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 Johnnye Po ...

(D), Seguin Dist. 20 * William H. Shireman (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 Dorsey Brodie Hardeman (December 11, 1902 – August 11, 1992) was an American Democratic politician, attorney, businessman, farmer, and rancher from San Angelo, Texas. Background Dorsey Hardeman was born in Henderson in Chester County, Tenn ...

(D), San Angelo Dist. 26 * Oswald Latimer (D), San Antonio Dist. 27 * Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 * Keith Kelly (D),

Dist. 29 * Frank Owen, III (D), El Paso Dist. 30 * Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers (D), Childress Dist. 31 * Grady Hazlewood (D), Amarillo

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats. House members included future Governor Dolph Briscoe, future federal judge Barefoot Sanders and future Congressmen

Kika de la Garza Eligio "Kika" de la Garza II (September 22, 1927March 13, 2017) was an American politician who served as the Democratic representative for the 15th congressional district of Texas from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1997. Biography De la Garza ...

and Joe Pool, as well as future Texas Attorney General

Waggoner Carr Vincent Waggoner Carr (October 1, 1918 – February 25, 2004) was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House ...

, and future

Texas Agriculture Commissioner The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters. It is currently headed by Agriculture Commissioner ...

Jack Hightower Jack English Hightower (September 6, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was a former Democratic U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district. Early life Born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in West Texas, Hightower was a United States ...

along with future Land Commissioner

Jerry Sadler Gerald Anthony Sadler (September 8, 1907 – February 25, 1982), was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1961, the Texas Railroad Commission from 193 ...

Sources

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas

External links

{{TexasLegislatures Texas legislative sessions, 54th Texas Legislature 1955 in Texas 1955 U.S. legislative sessions