Texas's 7th House of Representatives district

For the US House district, see Texas's 7th congressional district.

District 7 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).

Texas's 7th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Jay Dean R–Longview
Demographics	57.7% White 21.7% Black 16.9% Hispanic 1.5% Asian 2.2% Other
Population (2020)  • Voting age	202,803 153,884

The district has been represented by Republican Jay Dean since January 10, 2017, upon his initial election to the Texas House.^[1]

As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Gregg, Harrison, and Marion Counties. Major cities in the district include Jefferson, Longview, and Marshall.^[2]

List of representatives

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Leg.	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties they represented
3rd	William M. Cochran	Unknown	November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Dallas, Denton
4th	William C. Edwards		November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	San Augustine
5th	James W. Throckmorton		November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Collin, Cooke, Denton
6th			November 5, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th	Absolom Bishop		November 2, 1857	November 7, 1859
8th	William A. Ellett		November 7, 1859	February 5, 1861
	Thomas Lewellen		March 18, 1861	November 4, 1861
9th	Blackstone Hardeman		November 4, 1861	November 2, 1863	Nacogdoches
10th	Bennett Blake		November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th	Charles Childress Grayson		August 8, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th	Mitchell Kendall Henry Moore	Radical Republican	February 8, 1870	January 14, 1873	Harrison
13th	Shack Roberts Henry Moore	Republican	January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
14th	Leslie Cazneau DeMorse Benjamin Holland Epperson Henry F. O'Neal	Democratic	January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876	Bowie, Cass, Marion
15th	Caleb Jackson Garrison		April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Rusk
16th			January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th	George Henry Gould		January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th	Simeon Burns		January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Panola
19th	James Ras Jones		January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th			January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st			January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891
22nd			January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd	William Jordan Hood		January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Fannin
24th	William Ambrose Bramlette Jacob Lee Carpenter		January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897
25th	Jacob Lee Carpenter John Calvin Meade		January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
26th	Rosser Thomas William R. Evans		January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th	William R. Evans Wilburn W. Ridling John Cunningham		January 8, 1901 January 10, 1901 February 15, 1901	January 13, 1903 January 18, 1901 January 13, 1903
28th	James Wilson Hurt		January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Cass
29th	Hardy A. O'Neal	Unknown	January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th			January 8, 1907	May 11, 1907
31st	George Washington Fant	Democratic	January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
32nd			January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd	Angus T. Russell		January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Nacogdoches
34th			January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
35th	William E. Thomason		January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th			January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th			January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
38th	William Scott Crawford		January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925	Panola
39th	Sidney Smith Baker		January 13, 1925	November 10, 1925
	Samuel Bertram Wallace		September 13, 1926	January 11, 1927
40th			January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
41st	James Elbert Heaton		January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
42nd	Lon E. Alsup		January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
43rd			January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th			January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th			January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th			January 10, 1939	January 14, 1941
47th			January 14, 1941	September 24, 1941
	Mervyn Lee Ramsey		July 25, 1942	January 12, 1943
48th			January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th			January 9, 1945	September 27, 1945
50th	Thomas Harris Sharp		January 14, 1947	December 3, 1948
51st	Osceola A. Cassity		January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd			January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
53rd	Robert William Patten		January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955	Jasper, Newton, Tyler
54th			January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
55th	Ernest Everett Shackelford		January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
56th	Sam Forse Collins		January 13, 1959	January 10, 1961
57th			January 10, 1961	January 8, 1963
58th			January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965	Jasper, Newton, Sabine, Tyler
59th	James Everette Miller		January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th			January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler
61st	Don Adams		January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971
62nd			January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd	Terry Doyle (7−1) Pike Powers (7−2) Carl A. Parker (7−3)		January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975	Jefferson
64th	Chester L. Slay Jr. (7−1) Pike Powers (7−2) Carl A. Parker (7−3)		January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th	Albert Price (7−A) Pike Powers (7−B) Frank Collazo Jr. (7−C)		January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th	Albert Price (7−A) Bo Crawford (7−B) Frank Collazo Jr. (7−C)		January 9, 1979	January 13, 1981
67th			January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th	Jimmy Mankins		January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Gregg
69th	Jerry Yost	Republican	January 8, 1985	January 13, 1987
70th			January 13, 1987	January 10, 1989
71st			January 10, 1989	January 8, 1991
72nd			January 8, 1991	January 12, 1993
73rd			January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995	Gregg, Rusk
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th	Tommy Merritt		January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th			January 12, 1999	January 9, 2001
77th			January 9, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th			January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005	Gregg, Smith
79th			January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007
80th			January 9, 2007	January 13, 2009
81st			January 13, 2009	January 11, 2011
82nd	David Simpson		January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd			January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015	Gregg, Upshur
84th			January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017
85th	Jay Dean		January 10, 2017	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2021
87th			January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th			January 10, 2023	January 14, 2025	Gregg, Harrison, Marion
89th			January 14, 2025	Present