Texas's 6th House of Representatives district

For the US House district, see Texas's 6th congressional district.

District 6 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).

Texas's 6th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Daniel Alders R–Tyler
Demographics	56.2% White 19.1% Black 20.3% Hispanic 2.6% Asian 1.8% Other
Population (2020)  • Voting age	189,005 144,223

The district has been represented by Republican Daniel Alders since 2025. It was previously held by Matt Schaefer since January 8, 2013, 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 the southern half of Smith County. Tyler is the most populous city in the district.^[2]

List of representatives

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Leg.	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties represented
3rd	Samuel Bogart	Unknown	November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Collin, Grayson
4th	William N. Hardeman		November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Angelina, Nacogdoches
5th	Alexander Berry		November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Collin
6th	Francis M. Dougherty		November 5, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th	James P. Scott		November 2, 1857	March 13, 1858
	Vacant	N/A	March 13, 1858	August 2, 1858
	Jacob Baccus	Unknown	August 2, 1858	November 7, 1859
8th	Samuel Bogart		November 7, 1859	February 9, 1861
	Vacant	N/A	February 9, 1861	November 2, 1861
9th	Franklin F. Roberts	Unknown	November 4, 1861	November 2, 1863	Shelby
10th	James M. Ramsey		November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th	Daniel M. Short		August 8, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th	Isaiah N. Browning	Republican	Elected but never sworn		Smith, Upshur
	William C. Pierson		February 8, 1870	January 14, 1873
	George H. Slaughter		February 8, 1870	January 14, 1873
	McDonald Lorance		January 10, 1871	January 14, 1873
13th	C. C. Galloway	Democratic	January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
	Robert K. Gaston		January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
	Edward Sharp		January 14, 1873	January 17, 1873
13th 14th	Bluford W. Brown		January 17, 1873	April 18, 1876
14th	James B. Henderson		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
	George W. Matthews		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
15th	Washington L. Denman		April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Angelina, Nacogdoches
16th	James L. Crossland		January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th	Washington L. Denman		January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th	Caleb J. Garrison		January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Rusk
19th	William Beard		January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th	Robert T. Milner		January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st			January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891
22nd			January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd	E. W. Fagan		January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Lamar
23rd 24th	Travis C. Henderson		January 10, 1893 January 8, 1895	January 8, 1895 January 12, 1897
24th 25th	William F. Moore		January 8, 1895 January 12, 1897	January 12, 1897 January 10, 1899
25th	John W. Love Sr.		January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
26th	Travis C. Henderson		January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
	Elvis A. Calvin		January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th	Travis C. Henderson		January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
	Elvis A. Calvin		January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th	Joseph A. Worsham		January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Hopkins
29th	Robert E. Bertram		January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th	Walter A. Nelson		January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
31st			January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
32nd	T. J. Russell		January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd	Clifford L. Stone		January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Rusk
34th	George W. Burton		January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
35th			January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th			January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th	Lumpkin Webb		January 11, 1921	March 31, 1922
	Vaccant	N/A	March 31, 1922	May 6, 1922
	Gary Bonner Sanford	Democratic	May 6, 1922	January 9, 1923
38th	Cary McClure Abney		January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925	Harrison
39th	Wade Pope Lane		January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
40th	Merritt Hamilton Gibson		January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
41st	Finis Homer Prendergast		January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
42nd	Walter Carroll Holloway		January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933	Gregg
43rd			January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th	Merritt Hamilton Gibson		January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th			January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th	Clayton Loftis Bray		January 10, 1939	January 14, 1941
47th			January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th	William Earl Sharp		January 12, 1943	February 6, 1943
	Vacant	N/A	February 6, 1943	March 11, 1943
	Cecil Storey	Democratic	March 11, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th			January 15, 1945[4]	January 14, 1947
50th			January 14, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st			January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd	Dexter Harold Buchanan		January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
53rd	Charles Hancock		January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955	Nacogdoches
54th	John Charles Heitman Jr.		January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
55th			January 8, 1957	March 23, 1957
	Vacant	N/A	March 23, 1957	May 9, 1957
	Curtis George Goetz	Democratic	May 9, 1957	January 13, 1959	San Augustine
56th	Steve Alton Burgess		January 13, 1959	January 10, 1961	Nacogdoches
57th			January 10, 1961	January 8, 1963
58th	Charlie Wilson		January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965	Angelina
59th			January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th	David William Crews		January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	Montgomery
61st	Price Daniel Jr.		January 14, 1967	January 12, 1971	Liberty
62nd			January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd	Arthur Buddy Temple III		January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975	Angelina
64th			January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th			January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th			January 9, 1979	January 13, 1981
67th	Oscar Brookshire		January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th	David Hudson		January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Smith
69th			January 8, 1985	January 13, 1987
70th			January 13, 1987	January 10, 1989
71st			January 10, 1989	January 8, 1991
72nd	Ted Kamel	Republican	January 8, 1991	January 12, 1993
73rd			January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th			January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th	Leo Berman		January 12, 1999	January 9, 2001
77th			January 9, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th			January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005
79th			January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007
80th			January 9, 2007	January 13, 2009
81st			January 13, 2009	January 11, 2011
82nd			January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd	Matt Schaefer		January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015
84th			January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017
85th			January 10, 2015	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2021
87th			January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th			January 10, 2023	January 14, 2025
89th	Daniel Alders		January 14, 2025	Present