The 50th Texas Legislature met from January 14, 1947, to June 6, 1947. All members present during this session were elected in the 1946 general elections, except for Senator Maribelle Stewart of Houston who succeeded her husband, who died in office, in a special election in 1947.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 14, 1947 - June 6, 1947

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor:

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(D) * President Pro Tempore: Ben Ramsey (D), T. C. Chadick (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: William O. Reed (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 * Howard A. Carney (D),

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Dist. 2 * Wardlow Lane (D), Center Dist. 3 * Ben Ramsey (D), San Augustine Dist. 4 * W. R. Cousins, Jr. (D), Beaumont Dist. 5 * Roger A. Knight (D), Madisonville Dist. 6 * James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 * T. C. Chadick (D), Quitman Dist. 8 * A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D),

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Dist. 9 * Charles R. Jones (D), Bonham Dist. 10 * G. C. Morris (D), Greenville Dist. 11 * Fred Harris (D),

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Dist. 12 * A. B. Crawford (D), Granbury Dist. 13 * Kyle Vick (D),

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Dist. 14 * Joseph Alton York (D), Bryan Dist. 15 * Gus J. Strauss (D), Hallettsville Dist. 16 * W. Lacey Stewart (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 ...

succeeded by * Maribelle Stewart (D),

Dist. 17 * Jimmy Phillips (D), Angleton Dist. 18 * Fred Mauritz (D), Ganado Dist. 19 * Rudolph A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 * James A. Stanford (D),

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Dist. 21 * Buster Brown (D),

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Dist. 22 * R. L. Proffer (D),

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Dist. 23 * George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 * Pat Bullock (D), Colorado City Dist. 25 * Dorsey B. Hardeman (D),

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Dist. 26 * Walter Tynan (D),

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Dist. 27 * Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 * Keith Kelly (D),

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Dist. 29 * Henry L. Winfield (D), Fort Stockton Dist. 30 * Sterling J. Parrish (D),

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Dist. 31 * Grady Hazlewood (D), Amarillo

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats. House members included future Governors Preston Smith and future Congressmen Jack Brooks, Abraham Kazen and J.T. Rutherford and future U.S. House Speaker

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References

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas

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