The 57th Texas Legislature met from January 10, 1961, to May 29, 1961, in Regular Session. Three special sessions were held during 1961 and 1962 as well. All members present during this session were elected in the 1962 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 10, 1961 - May 29, 1961
1st Called Session: July 10, 1961 - August 8, 1961
2nd Called Session: August 10, 1961 - August 14, 1961
3rd Called Session: January 3, 1962 - February 1, 1962

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor:

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(D) * President Pro Tempore ''(Regular Session)'': Ray Roberts (D) * President Pro Tempore ''(1st Called Session)'':

Preston Smith Preston Smith may refer to: * Preston Smith (American football coach) (1871–1945), American football coach at Colgate University * Preston Smith (linebacker) (born 1992), American football outside linebacker * Preston Smith (governor) (1912–20 ...

(D) * President Pro Tempore ''(2nd Called Session)'': Doyle H. Willis (D) * President Pro Tempore ''(3rd Called Session)'': Charles F. Herring (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: James A. Turman (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 * A.M. Aikin, Jr. (D),

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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 * Martin Dies, Jr. (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 Colson (D), Navasota Dist. 6 * Robert W. Baker (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. 7 * Galloway Calhoun (D),

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Dist. 8 * George 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),

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Dist. 14 * Charles F. Herring (D), Austin Dist. 15 * Culp Krueger (D), El Campo Dist. 16 *

Louis Crump Louis Morris Crump (May 21, 1916 – April 6, 2019) was an American politician in the state of Texas. Crump was born in Santa Anna, Texas Santa Anna is a town in Coleman County in Central Texas, United States. Its population was 1,099 at the 20 ...

(D), San Saba Dist. 17 * A.R. "Babe" Schwartz (D),

Galveston Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Ga ...

Dist. 18 * W.N. "Bill" Patman (D), Ganado 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 * Tom Creighton (D), Mineral Wells 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 Gonzalez (D),

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Dist. 27 * Hubert R. Hudson (D), Brownsville Dist. 28 *

(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 (D), Midland Dist. 30 * Andrew J. 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 ...

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