Texas U.S. Senators (2026)
TX · U.S. Senate Delegation
Joined the Union
December 29, 1845
Population (Est.)
30,503,301
Current U.S. Senators
Delegation Voting Summary
119th CongressAgreement Rate
98.1%
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted the same way on 787 of 802 shared votes
Both are Republicans
John Cornyn
Senior Senator
Party Unity
99.8%
Missed Votes
1.2%
846 votes cast of 856 roll calls
Ted Cruz
Junior Senator
Party Unity
98.2%
Missed Votes
5.3%
811 votes cast of 856 roll calls
Former Senators from Texas
All 30 former U.S. senators who represented Texas, most recent first.
- Kay Hutchison 1993 – 2013
- Phil Gramm 1985 – 2002
- Robert Krueger 1993
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. 1971 – 1993
- John Tower 1961 – 1985
- Ralph Yarborough 1957 – 1971
- William Blakley 1857 – 1961
- Lyndon Johnson 1949 – 1961
- Marion Daniel 1953 – 1957
- Tom Connally 1929 – 1953
- Pappy O'Daniel 1941 – 1949
- Andrew Houston 1941
- Morris Sheppard 1913 – 1941
- Earle Mayfield 1923 – 1929
- Charles Culberson 1899 – 1923
- Rienzi Johnston 1913
- Joseph Bailey 1901 – 1913
- Horace Chilton 1891 – 1901
- Roger Mills 1892 – 1899
- Richard Coke 1877 – 1895
- John Reagan 1887 – 1891
- Samuel Maxey 1875 – 1887
- Morgan Hamilton 1870 – 1877
- James Flanagan 1870 – 1875
- John Hemphill 1859 – 1861
- Louis Wigfall 1859 – 1861
- Matthias Ward 1858 – 1859
- Samuel Houston 1846 – 1859
- James Henderson 1857 – 1858
- Thomas Rusk 1846 – 1857