List of presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate
President pro tempore (often shortened to pro tem) of the Texas Senate is a largely honorary position, but is second in the line for the Governorship of Texas. If the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are both out of the state, the President pro tem is acting governor in their absence.
At the beginning of each session, the Senate elects one member to serve as the President pro tempore when the Lieutenant Governor is absent or that office becomes vacant. A different member of the Senate (usually a senior member, but unlike in some bodies, it is not based on seniority) is elected at the end of the session to serve as President pro tempore during the interim when the Legislature is not in session.
Unlike his counterparts in other state senates, the president pro tempore does not preside over the chamber on a daily basis; Texas's Lieutenant Governor regularly exercises his constitutional post as president of the state senate.
Presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate[]
Name | Party | Legislative Sessions |
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Edward Burleson | Democrat | 1st, 2nd, 3rd |
Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 4th |
M. D. K. Taylor | Democrat | 5th |
Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 6th |
M. D. K. Taylor | Democrat | 7th |
Samuel Maverick | Democrat | 7th |
Jesse Grimes | Democrat | 8th |
Robert Henry Guinn | Democrat | 9th, 10th, 11th |
Donald Campbell | Republican | 12th |
David Webster Flanagan | Republican | 12th |
Edward Bradford Pickett | Democrat | 13th |
John Ireland | Democrat | 14th |
Democrat | 15th | |
Democrat | 16th | |
Democrat | 16th | |
Democrat | 17th | |
Democrat | 17th | |
Democrat | 18th | |
Samuel Bronson Cooper | Democrat | 18th |
Democrat | 19th | |
Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore | Democrat | 19th |
William Henry Pope | Democrat | 20th |
Democrat | 20th | |
Democrat | 21st | |
Democrat | 21st | |
John Walter Cranford | Democrat | |
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Joseph Burton Dibrell, Jr. | Democrat | |
James R. Gough | Democrat | |
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Barry Miller | Democrat | |
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Asbury Bascom Davidson | Democrat | |
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Asbury Bascom Davidson | Democrat | |
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John G. Willacy | Democrat | |
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A. P. Barrett | Democrat | |
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Ferdinand C. Weinert | Democrat | |
Claude B. Hudspeth | Democrat | |
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Earle Bradford Mayfield | Democrat | |
Offa S. Lattimore | Democrat | |
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Flavious M. Gibson | Democrat | |
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Charles W. Taylor | Democrat | |
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John M. Henderson | Democrat | |
Flavious M. Gibson | Democrat | |
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Claude B. Hudspeth | Democrat | |
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Rienzi Melville Johnston | Democrat | |
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Charles R. Floyd | Democrat | |
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Archie Parr | Democrat | |
James H. Woods | Democrat | |
Harry Hertzberg | Democrat | |
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Edgar E. Witt | Democrat | |
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I. D. Fairchild | Democrat | |
Alvin J. Wirtz | Democrat | |
William H. Bledsoe | Democrat | |
James G. Strong | Democrat | |
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Eugene Miller | Democrat | |
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Edgar E. Witt | Democrat | |
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William E. Thomason | Democrat | |
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Walter F. Woodul | Democrat | |
Nat Patton | Democrat | |
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Cecil Murphy | Democrat | |
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Kenneth M. Regan | Democrat | |
John S. Redditt | Democrat | |
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William Robert Poage | Democrat | |
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Democrat | 45th | |
Democrat | 45th | |
Democrat | 45th | |
Claude Isbell | Democrat | 45th |
Allan Shivers | Democrat | 45th |
Democrat | 45th | |
Democrat | 46th | |
Democrat | 46th | |
Democrat | 47th | |
Rudolph A. Weinert | Democrat | 47th |
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Democrat | 48th | |
Democrat | 48th | |
A. M. Aikin, Jr. | Democrat | 48th |
Democrat | 49th | |
William Graves | Democrat | 49th |
Ben Ramsey | Democrat | 50th |
T. C. Chadick | Democrat | 50th |
Democrat | 51st | |
Democrat | 51st | |
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Democrat | 52nd | |
Democrat | 52nd | |
Democrat | 53rd | |
Jimmy Phillips | Democrat | 53rd |
Democrat | 53rd | |
Dorsey B. Hardeman | Democrat | 53rd |
Crawford Martin | Democrat | 54th |
Democrat | 54th | |
Democrat | 55th | |
Democrat | 55th | |
J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. | Democrat | 55th |
William T. "Bill" Moore | Democrat | 55th |
Democrat | 55th | |
George M. Parkhouse | Democrat | 56th |
Rudolph A. Weinert | Democrat | 56th |
Democrat | 56th | |
Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers | Democrat | 56th |
Abraham "Chick" Kazen | Democrat | 56th |
Frank Owen, III | Democrat | 56th |
Ray Roberts | Democrat | 57th |
Democrat | 57th | |
Preston Smith | Democrat | 57th |
Bruce Reagan | Democrat | 57th |
Democrat | 57th | |
Bruce Reagan | Democrat | 57th |
Democrat | 57th | |
Democrat | 57th | |
Martin Dies, Jr. | Democrat | 58th |
Louis Crump | Democrat | 58th |
Democrat | 59th | |
A. R. "Babe" Schwartz | Democrat | 59th |
Democrat | 59th | |
W. N. "Bill" Patman | Democrat | 60th |
Ralph Hall | Democrat | 60th |
James Bates | Democrat | 60th |
Democrat | 60th | |
Don Kennard | Democrat | 61st |
Democrat | 61st | |
Democrat | 61st | |
Democrat | 61st | |
Democrat | 61st | |
Jack Hightower | Democrat | 62nd |
Democrat | 62nd | |
Barbara Jordan | Democrat | 62nd |
Democrat | 62nd | |
Democrat | 62nd | |
Charles Wilson | Democrat | 62nd |
Oscar H. Mauzy | Democrat | 63rd |
Republican | 63rd | |
Max Sherman | Democrat | 63rd |
James P. Wallace | Democrat | 63rd |
Glenn Kothmann | Democrat | 64th |
H. Tati Santiesteban | Democrat | 64th |
Betty Andujar | Republican | 65th |
Don Adams | Democrat | 65th |
Democrat | 65th | |
Democrat | 65th | |
Democrat | 66th | |
Democrat | 66th | |
John Traeger | Democrat | 67th |
Democrat | 67th | |
Republican | 67th | |
John T. Wilson | Democrat | 67th |
Grant Jones | Democrat | 68th |
Lloyd Doggett | Democrat | 68th |
Lindon Williams | Democrat | 68th |
Democrat | 69th | |
Carlos F. Truan | Democrat | 69th |
Democrat | 69th | |
Carlos F. Truan | Democrat | 69th |
Carl A. Parker | Democrat | 70th |
Roy Blake, Sr. | Democrat | 70th |
Republican | 71st | |
Republican | 71st | |
Democrat | 71st | |
Craig A. Washington | Democrat | 71st |
Hugh Q. Parmer | Democrat | 71st |
Republican | 71st | |
Robert J. Glasgow | Democrat | 72nd |
Republican | 72nd | |
Democrat | 72nd | |
John T. Montford | Democrat | 73rd |
John Whitmire | Democrat | 73rd |
Gonzalo Barrientos | Democrat | 74th |
Ken Armbrister | Democrat | 74th |
Judith Zaffirini | Democrat | 75th |
Bill Ratliff | Republican | 75th |
Teel Bivins | Republican | 76th |
Rodney Ellis | Democrat | 76th |
Chris Harris | Republican | 77th |
Mike Moncrief | Democrat | 77th |
Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Democrat | 78th |
Jane Nelson | Republican | 78th |
Jeff Wentworth | Republican | 78th |
Florence Shapiro | Republican | 79th |
Frank L. Madla | Democrat | 79th |
Royce West | Democrat | 79th |
Mario Gallegos, Jr. | Democrat | 80th |
John Carona | Republican | 80th |
Robert L. Duncan | Republican | 81st (Regular) |
Troy Fraser | Republican | 81st (Interim) |
Steve Ogden | Republican | 82nd (Regular) |
Mike Jackson | Republican | 82nd (Interim) |
Leticia Van de Putte | Democrat | 83rd (Regular) |
Craig Estes | Republican | 83rd (Interim) |
Juan Hinojosa | Democrat | 84th (Regular) |
Kevin Eltife | Republican | 84th (Interim) |
Kel Seliger | Republican | 85th (Regular) |
Robert Nichols | Republican | 85th (Interim) |
Kirk Watson | Democrat | 86th (Regular) |
Joan Huffman | Republican | 86th (Interim) |
Brian Birdwell | Republican | 87th (Regular) |
Donna Campbell | Republican | 87th (Interim) |
References[]
- Legislative Reference Library of Texas (2006-05-16). "Presidents Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate, 1846-present". Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
- Presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate
- Texas Senate