Texas's 2nd House of Representatives district

Texas's 2nd State
House of Representatives
district
Texas's 2nd State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Bryan Slaton; R–Royse City
Demographics	71.1% White; 7.3% Black; 16.9% Hispanic; 1.2% Asian
Population (2020); • Voting age	196,284; 149,984

District 2 is a house in the Texas House of Representatives. This district was one of the 44 districts created in the 3rd legislature. ^[1] The district represents all of Hunt, Hopkins, Van Zandt Counties. Its current representative is Bryan Slaton. He has been the district's representative since January 14, 2021.^[2]

Major cities in the district include Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Commerce, and Canton.

The district also contains Texas A&M-Commerce, and parts of Lake Tawakoni and Cooper Lake.

List of representatives[]

Leg.	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties they represented
3rd	Hardin R. Runnels	Unknown	November 5, 1849	November 21, 1850	Bowie, Red River
4th	William Fields		November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Liberty, Polk
5th			November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Red River
6th			November 17, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th			November 7, 1857	February 14, 1859
7th	Vacant	N/A	February 14, 1859	November 7, 1859
8th		Unknown	November 7, 1859	November 4, 1861
9th			November 4, 1861	November 2, 1863	Liberty, Polk
10th			November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th			August 6, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th			February 10, 1870	August 15, 1870	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity
		Democratic	February 9, 1870	February 23, 1870
		Democratic	February 9, 1870	January 14, 1873
		Republican	May 2, 1870	January 14, 1873
		Democratic	October 31, 1871	January 14, 1873
13th			January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
			January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
			January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
14th			January 14, 1874	April 18, 1876	Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
			January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
			January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
			January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
15th			April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler
16th			January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th			January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th			January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Polk, San Jacinto
19th			January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th			January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st			January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891
		Republican	January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
		Democratic	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Cass
		Democratic	January 8, 1895	October 21, 1896
	Vacant	N/A	October 21, 1896	January 12, 1897
		Democratic	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
			January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
			January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
			January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905
			January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Red River
			January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
			January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
			January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
			January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
			January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Cass
			January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
			January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
			January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
	John W. W. Patman		January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
	John W. W. Patman		January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925
			January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
			January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
			January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
			January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
			January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
			January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th			January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th			January 10, 1939	January 14, 1941
47th			January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th			January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th			January 9, 1945	January 14, 1947
50th			January 14, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st			January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd			January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
53rd			January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955
54th			January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
55th			January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
56th			January 13, 1959	January 10, 1961
57th			January 10, 1961	January 8, 1963	Cass, Marion, Morris
58th			January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965
59th			January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th			January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
61st			January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971
62nd			January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd			January 9, 1973	October 20, 1974	Cass, Marion, Morris, Smith, Upshur
63rd	Vacant		October 20, 1974	January 14, 1975
64th			January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th			January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th			January 9, 1979	January 13, 1981
67th			January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th	Lyndon P. Patterson		January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar
69th			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	Thomas D. Ramsay		January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995	Camp, Franklin, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus, Wood
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th			January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th			January 12, 1999	January 9, 2001
77th			January 9, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th	Dan Flynn	Republican	January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005	Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt
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			January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015	Hopkins, Hunt, Van Zandt
84th			January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017
85th			January 10, 2017	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2021
87th	Bryan Slaton		January 12, 2021	Present
88th	TBD	TBD	2023	2025

Past living Representatives[]

Representative	Legislature(s)	Term(s)	Birth date and age
Thomas Donald Ramsay	73rd-77th	5 (1993-2003)	(1939-12-14) December 14, 1939 (age 82)

References[]

^ "Legislature References Library of Texas". www.lrl.state.tx.us. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

[1] "Legislature References Library of Texas". www.lrl.state.tx.us. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[2] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

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