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Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. Democratic March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 At-large: Dallas: Elected in 1932. Redistricted to the 19th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator. Thomas Henry Ball: Democratic March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 1st: Huntsville: Elected in 1896. Redistricted to the 8th district. March 4 ...
From 2003 until 2015, Eiland represented Texas House District 23, which includes Galveston, Jamaica Beach, Texas City, and the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County and all of Chambers County. [1] [2] Prior to redistricting in 2003, Eiland was the member for House District 24, which roughly covered all of Galveston County west of Interstate 45. [3]
The saga of protecting the land began in 1950. [6] Maco Stewart Jr., whose father founded Stewart Title Company, owned more than 2,000 acres on the island.In his will, he severed the mineral rights from the surface land rights and gave half of the surface and mineral rights to his wife, Virginia Stewart, and divided the other half between his sons from a former marriage, Wells and Maco III.
(The Center Square) – Members of the Texas House elected their new speaker Tuesday, state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock. They did so after the former speaker, state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
A long history exists of various individuals serving in the congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865. Texas has a total of 38 seats as of 2024.
Texas's 14th congressional district for the United States House of Representatives stretches from Freeport to Orange, Texas. It formerly covered the area south and southwest of the Greater Houston region, including Galveston, in the state of Texas. The district was created as a result of the 1900 U.S. census and was first
Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) 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 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.