Texas's 6th House of Representatives district

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Texas's 6th State
House of Representatives
district
Representative
  Matt Schaefer
R–Tyler
Demographics56.2% White
19.1% Black
20.3% Hispanic
2.6% Asian
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		189,005
144,223

District 6 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives that encompasses most of Smith County.[1] The district is currently represented by Republican Matt Schaefer.[2]

Tyler is the most populous city in the district.

List of representatives[]

[3]

Leg. Representative Party Term start Term end Counties represented
3rd Samuel Bogart Unknown November 5, 1849 November 3, 1851 Collin, Grayson
4th November 3, 1851 November 7, 1853 Angelina, Nacogdoches
5th November 7, 1853 November 5, 1855 Collin
6th November 5, 1855 November 2, 1857
7th November 2, 1857 March 13, 1858
Vacant N/A March 13, 1858 August 2, 1858
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 Unknown November 4, 1861 November 2, 1863 Shelby
10th November 2, 1863 August 6, 1866
11th August 8, 1866 February 7, 1870
12th Republican Elected but never sworn Smith, Upshur
February 8, 1870 January 14, 1873
February 8, 1870 January 14, 1873
January 10, 1871 January 14, 1873
13th Democratic January 14, 1873 January 13, 1874
January 14, 1873 January 13, 1874
January 14, 1873 January 17, 1873
13th
14th 		January 17, 1873 April 18, 1876
14th January 13, 1874 April 18, 1876
January 13, 1874 April 18, 1876
15th April 18, 1876 January 14, 1879 Angelina, Nacogdoches
16th January 14, 1879 January 11, 1881
17th January 11, 1881 January 9, 1883
18th January 9, 1883 January 13, 1885 Rusk
19th January 13, 1885 January 11, 1887
20th January 11, 1887 January 8, 1889
21st January 8, 1889 January 13, 1891
January 13, 1891 January 10, 1893
January 10, 1893 January 8, 1895 Lamar

Travis C. Henderson January 10, 1893
January 8, 1895 		January 8, 1895
January 12, 1897

William F. Moore January 8, 1895
January 12, 1897 		January 12, 1897
January 10, 1899
January 12, 1897 January 10, 1899
Travis C. Henderson January 10, 1899 January 8, 1901
January 10, 1899 January 8, 1901
Travis C. Henderson January 8, 1901 January 13, 1903
January 8, 1901 January 13, 1903
January 13, 1903 January 10, 1905 Hopkins
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 Rusk
January 12, 1915 January 9, 1917
January 9, 1917 January 14, 1919
January 14, 1919 January 11, 1921
January 11, 1921 March 31, 1922
Vaccant N/A March 31, 1922 May 6, 1922
Democratic May 6, 1922 January 9, 1923
January 9, 1923 January 13, 1925 Harrison
January 13, 1925 January 11, 1927
January 11, 1927 January 8, 1929
January 8, 1929 January 13, 1931
January 13, 1931 January 10, 1933 Gregg
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 February 6, 1943
Vacant N/A February 6, 1943 March 11, 1943
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 January 9, 1951 January 13, 1953
53rd January 13, 1953 January 11, 1955 Nacogdoches
54th January 11, 1955 January 8, 1957
55th January 8, 1957 March 23, 1957
Vacant N/A March 23, 1957 May 9, 1957
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 January 13, 1981 January 11, 1983
68th 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 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 Present
88th TBD TBD 2023 2025

References[]

  1. ^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Texas House of Representatives District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  3. ^ "Legislative Reference Library of Texas". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. ^ https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=1124&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=6~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=#1
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