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Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas.
There have been a total of 254 senators appointed to the United States Senate since the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, including 207 appointments made before the next scheduled or special election and 47 appointments made of senators-elect who have already been elected to the seat.
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. The current dean of the ...
South Dakota Senate: South Dakota State University : January 3, 2015 2026 Class 2 Fort Pierre [24] Tennessee: Marsha Blackburn: Republican June 6, 1952 (age 72) Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Texas. The list of names should be complete as of ...
Congress would have two houses: the state-based Senate and the population-based House of Representatives. Meanwhile, the president would be elected by a mixture of the two modes. [45] Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 68, published on March 12, 1788, laid out what he believed were the key advantages to the Electoral College. The electors ...
State Senate; State House of Representatives; State Railroad Commission; State delegation to the U.S. Senate; State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives; For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Republican incumbent Ted Cruz won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic challenger and U.S. Representative Colin Allred.