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The following are notable people who were either born, ... (1969–1973) of Texas; youngest House Speaker in Texas history (1965–1969) Ray Barnhart (1928–2013), ...
Howard D. Graves, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, later Chancellor of Texas A & M system of universities; John Marvin Jones, United States Congressman and Chief Judge of the Court of Claims; Walter Thomas Price, IV, Amarillo attorney and Republican nominee for the District 87 seat in the Texas House of Representatives
Bill Clements (1917–2011), Texas governor and businessman; John Ford Coley (born 1948), famous singer-songwriter; John Congleton (born 1977), music producer; Kerry Cooks (born 1974), football coach; Pat Corley (1930–2006), actor (Murphy Brown) Rafael Cruz (born 1939), Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz
John T. Montford (born 1943), businessman and former member of the Texas Senate "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality; Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007) Hugh Parmer (1939–2020), mayor of Fort Worth 1977 to 1979; member of both houses of Texas State Legislature
Rick Galindo, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County; born in 1981 and reared in San Antonio; Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General under President George W. Bush; Henry B. Gonzalez, U.S. Representative for Texas's 20th congressional district, the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio is named in his honor
Gilbert Pena, incoming 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Pasadena, lived in Houston prior to 1992 [51] Jack Porter, U.S. Senate candidate in 1948 and a builder of the modern Texas Republican Party [52] Leighton Schubert, state representative from Caldwell, Texas; former Houston resident [53]
According to the state legislative reference library, Bledsoe had a long history of serving in both houses of the state legislature. Bledsoe served in the 34th and 35th legislature as a member of ...
Jack Vowell, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995; construction company president in El Paso; Richard C. White, member of the United States House of Representatives, WWII veteran, Marine; Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), first woman to hold elected office in El Paso County. [8] [9]