The 53rd Texas Legislature met from January 13, 1953, to May 27, 1953, and March 15, 1954, to April 13, 1954. All members present during this session were elected in the 1952 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 13, 1953 – May 27, 1953 Called Session: March 15, 1954 – April 13, 1954

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor: Ben Ramsey (D) * President Pro Tempore: Rogers Kelley (D)
Jimmy Phillips (D)
Gus J. Strauss (D)
Dorsey B. Hardeman (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: Reuben Senterfitt (D)

Members

Senate

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

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

Dist. 2 * Wardlow Lane (D),

Center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

Dist. 3 * Ottis E. Lock (D),

Lufkin Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas, United States and is the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and is west of the Texas- Louisiana state line. Its population is 34,143 as of 2020. Lufkin was founded in 188 ...

Dist. 4 * Jep Fuller (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 * Mrs. Neveille H. Colson (D),

Navasota Navasota is a city primarily in Grimes County, Texas, Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas ...

Dist. 6 * James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 * Warren McDonald (D), Tyler Dist. 8 * George M. Parkhouse (D),

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

Dist. 9 * Joe Carter (D),

Sherman Sherman most commonly refers to: *Sherman (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname ** William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), American Civil War General *M4 Sherman, a World War II American tank S ...

Dist. 10 * Doyle Willis (D),

Fort Worth Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...

Dist. 11 * William T. "Bill" Moore (D),

Bryan Bryan may refer to: Places in the United States * Bryan, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Bryan, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Bryan, Ohio, a city * Bryan, Texas, a city * Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town * Bryan County, Georgia * ...

Dist. 12 * Crawford Martin (D), Hillsboro Dist. 13 * Jarrard Secrest (D),

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

Dist. 14 * Johnnie B. Rogers (D),

Austin Austin refers to: Common meanings * Austin, Texas, United States, a city * Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin Motor Company, a British car manufac ...

Dist. 15 * Gus J. Strauss (D), Hallettsville Dist. 16 *

Searcy Bracewell Joseph Searcy Bracewell Jr. (January 19, 1918 – May 13, 2003), was a Texas Democratic politician and founder of the law firm Bracewell LLP, based in Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous ci ...

(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 ...

Dist. 17 * Jimmy Phillips (D), Angleton Dist. 18 * John J. Bell (D),

Cuero Cuero ( ) is a city in and the county seat of DeWitt County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,128 at the 2020 census. History The city of Cuero got its start in the mid-19th century as a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail cattle rou ...

Dist. 19 * Rudolph A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 * William H. Shireman (D), Corpus Christi Dist. 21 *

Abraham Kazen Abraham Kazen Jr., usually known as Chick Kazen (January 17, 1919 – November 29, 1987), was a U.S. Representative from Texas's 23rd congressional district, the first to serve in that particular position. Elected in 1966, Kazen served unti ...

(D), Laredo Dist. 22 * Wayne Wagonseller (D), Stoneburg Dist. 23 * George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 * Harley Sadler (D), Abilene Dist. 25 * Dorsey B. Hardeman (D),

San Angelo San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert ...

Dist. 26 * Oswald Latimer (D),

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

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

Dist. 29 * James T. Rutherford (D),

Odessa ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-pl ...

Dist. 30 * Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers (D), Childress Dist. 31 *

Grady Hazlewood Grady may refer to: Places United States *Grady, Alabama, an unincorporated community *Grady, Arkansas, a city *Grady, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *Grady, New Mexico, a village *Grady, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community *Grady, Virg ...

(D),

Amarillo Amarillo, yellow or golden in Spanish, may refer to: Places * Amarillo, Texas, city in the US * Amarillo, Western Australia, former name for Keralup, Western Australia People * Amarillo Slim (1928–2012), American poker player * Eric Amarill ...

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats. House members included future Governor

Dolph Briscoe Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Because of his re-election fo ...

, future federal judge

Barefoot Sanders Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (February 5, 1925 – September 21, 2008) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and counsel ...

and future Congressmen

Kika de la Garza Eligio "Kika" de la Garza II (September 22, 1927March 13, 2017) was an American lawyer, Korean War veteran, and politician who served 16 consecutive terms as the Democratic representative for the of Texas from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1997 ...

Joe Kilgore Joe Madison Kilgore (December 10, 1918 – February 10, 1999) was an American lawyer, politician, and decorated World War II veteran who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Texas's 15th congressional district from 1955 to 1965. ...

, and Joe Pool, as well as future Texas Attorney General

Waggoner Carr Vincent Waggoner Carr (October 1, 1918 – February 25, 2004) was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and Attorney General of Texas. References *http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp ...

, and future

Texas Agriculture Commissioner The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters. It is currently headed by Agriculture Commissioner ...

Jack Hightower Jack English Hightower (September 6, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was a former Democratic U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district, serving five terms from 1975 to 1985. Early life Born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in Wes ...

Sources

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas

External links

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