50th Texas Legislature

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

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	31
Total		31

House

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	150
Total		150

Officers

Senate

• Lieutenant Governor: Allan Shivers (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), Atlanta 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), Paris Dist. 9 Charles R. Jones (D), Bonham Dist. 10 G. C. Morris (D), Greenville

Dist. 11 Fred Harris (D), Dallas Dist. 12 A. B. Crawford (D), Granbury Dist. 13 Kyle Vick (D), Waco Dist. 14 Joseph Alton York (D), Bryan Dist. 15 Gus J. Strauss (D), Hallettsville Dist. 16 W. Lacey Stewart (D), Houston succeeded by Maribelle Stewart (D), Houston 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), Austin

Dist. 21 Buster Brown (D), Temple Dist. 22 R. L. Proffer (D), Justin Dist. 23 George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 Pat Bullock (D), Colorado City Dist. 25 Dorsey B. Hardeman (D), San Angelo Dist. 26 Walter Tynan (D), San Antonio Dist. 27 Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 Keith Kelly (D), Fort Worth Dist. 29 Henry L. Winfield (D), Fort Stockton Dist. 30 Sterling J. Parrish (D), Lubbock 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 Jim Wright.

References

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas,

• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
• Legislative Reference Library