Fifty-second Texas Legislature

The 52nd Texas Legislature met from January 9 to June 8, 1951. All members present during this session were elected in the 1950 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 9, 1951 – June 8, 1951

Party summary

Senate

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party 31
Total 31

House

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party 149
  Republican Party 1
Total 150

Officers

Senate

House

Members

Senate

Dist. 1

Dist. 2

Dist. 3

Dist. 4

Dist. 5

Dist. 6

Dist. 7

  • Warren McDonald (D), Tyler

Dist. 8

  • A. Aiken, Jr. (D), Paris

Dist. 9

Dist. 10

Dist. 11

Dist. 12

Dist. 13

  • Kyle Vick (D), Waco

Dist. 14

Dist. 15

Dist. 16

Dist. 17

Dist. 18

Dist. 19

Dist. 20

  • Carlos Ashley (D), Llano

Dist. 21

Dist. 22

Dist. 23

Dist. 24

Dist. 25

Dist. 26

Dist. 27

Dist. 28

Dist. 29

  • Hill D. Hudson (D), Pecos

Dist. 30

Dist. 31

House

The House was composed of 149 Democrats and 1 Republican. The lone Republican, Edward T. Dicker of Dallas was the first Republican elected to the Texas legislature in 20 years. He served one term and was defeated.

House members included future Governor Dolph Briscoe, and future Congressmen Abraham Kazen and J.T. Rutherford and future Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr.

Sources

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/17/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.