The 61st Texas Legislature met in 1969 in a regular session from January 14 to June 2 and in two consecutive special sessions from July 28 to August 26 and from August 27 to September 9. All members present during this session were elected in the 1968 general elections.

Sessions

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

: Ben Barnes, Democrat * President Pro Tempore (regular session): Don C. Kennard, Democrat * President Pro Tempore (1st called session): Horace J. Blanchard, Democrat * President Pro Tempore (2nd called session): James P. Word, Democrat

House

* Speaker of the House: Gus Mutscher, Democrat

Members

Senate

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

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Dist. 2 * Jack Strong (D), Longview Dist. 3 * Charlie Wilson (D), Lufkin Dist. 4 * D. Roy Harrington (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 * William T. Moore (D), Bryan Dist. 6 * Criss Cole (D),

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

Dist. 7 * Chet Brooks (D),

Pasadena Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial d ...

Dist. 8 * O. H. Harris (R),

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

Dist. 9 *

Ralph Hall Ralph Moody Hall (May 3, 1923 – March 7, 2019) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for from 1981 to 2015. He was first elected in United States House elections, 1980, 1980, and was the chairman of the Uni ...

(D), Rockwall Dist. 10 * Don Kennard (D),

Fort Worth Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...

Dist. 11 *

Barbara Jordan Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first ...

(D),

Dist. 12 * J. P. Word (D), Meridian Dist. 13 * Murray Watson Jr. (D), Waco Dist. 14 * Charles F. Herring (D),

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Dist. 15 * Henry Grover (R),

Dist. 16 * Mike McKool (D),

Dist. 17 * A. R. Schwartz (D),

Galveston Galveston ( ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal resort town, resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island (Texas), Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a pop ...

Dist. 18 * Bill Patman (D), Ganado Dist. 19 * V. E. Berry (D),

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

Dist. 20 * Ronald W. Bridges (D), Corpus Christi Dist. 21 * Wayne Connally (D), Floresville Dist. 22 * Tom Creighton (D), Mineral Wells Dist. 23 * Oscar Mauzy (D),

Dist. 24 * David Ratliff (D), Stamford Dist. 25 * W. E. Snelson (D), Midland Dist. 26 * Joe J. Bernal (D),

Dist. 27 * James Bates (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 * H. J. Blanchard (D), Lubbock Dist. 29 * Joe Christie (D),

El Paso El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

Dist. 30 * Jack Hightower (D), Vernon Dist. 31 * Grady Hazlewood (D),

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House

Dist. 1 * Ed Howard (D)

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