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| Session | Election type | Speaker | Documents | Candidates on final ballot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82nd R.S. | Record Vote | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus: yeas (132), nays (15), present-not voting (2) |
| 81st R.S. | Acclamation | Joe Straus | View | Joe Straus |
| 80th R.S. | Record Vote | Tom Craddick | View | Tom Craddick: yeas(121), nays(27), present-not voting(0) |
| 79th R.S. | Record Vote | Tom Craddick | View | Tom Craddick: yeas (142), nays (4), present-not voting (1) |
| 78th R.S. | Record Vote | Tom Craddick | View | Tom Craddick; yeas (149), nays (1) |
| 77th R.S. | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney |
| 76th R.S. | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney |
| 75th R.S. | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney |
| 74th R.S. | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney |
| 73rd R.S. | Acclamation | James E. "Pete" Laney | View | James E. "Pete" Laney |
| 72nd R.S. | Record Vote | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (146), nays (1), present-not voting (2) |
| 71st R.S. | Record Vote | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (149), nays (0), present-not voting (1) |
| 70th R.S. | Acclamation | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis |
| 69th R.S. | Acclamation | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis |
| 68th R.S. | Record Vote | Gib Lewis | View | Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (144), nays (2), present- not voting (2) |
| 67th R.S. | Record Vote | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton; yeas (120), nays (21), not voting (8) |
| 66th R.S. | Record Vote | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton; yeas (137), nays (8), not voting (4) |
| 65th R.S. | Acclamation | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton |
| 64th R.S. | Record Vote | Bill Clayton | View | Bill Clayton (112), Carl Parker (33), present-not voting (3) |
| 63rd R.S. | Motion | Price Daniel, Jr. | View | Price Daniel, Sr.; present-not-voting (5) |
| 62nd 2nd C.S. | Record Vote | Rayford Price | View | Rayford Price (77), L.DeWitt Hale (65). |
| 62nd 2nd C.S. | Appointed | James L. Slider | View | James L. Slider appointed to call the House to order by Gus Mutscher in his letter resigning as Speaker upon the election of his successor. |
| 62nd 2nd C.S. | Gus F. Mutscher | View | Resignation letter of Gus Mutscher, dated 3/27/72 and effective upon the election of his successor, was laid before the House on 3/28/72. | |
| 62nd R.S. | Acclamation | Gus F. Mutscher | View | G.F. Mutscher |
| 61st R.S. | Acclamation | Gus F. Mutscher | View | G.F. Mutscher |
| 60th R.S. | Acclamation | Ben Frank Barnes | View | Ben Barnes |
| 59th R.S. | Acclamation | Ben Frank Barnes | View | Ben Barnes |
| 58th R.S. | Secret ballot | Byron M. Tunnell | View | Byron M. Tunnell (141), John C. Alaniz (9) |
| 57th R.S. | Secret ballot | James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman | View | James A. Turman (83), Wade F. Spilman (66) |
| 56th R.S. | Secret ballot | Waggoner Carr | View | Waggoner Carr (79), Joe Burkett, Jr. (71) |
| 55th R.S. | Acclamation | Waggoner Carr | View | Waggoner Carr |
| 54th R.S. | Acclamation | Jim T. Lindsey | View | Jim Lindsey |
| 53rd R.S. | Acclamation | Reuben E. Senterfitt | View | Reuben E. Senterfitt |
| 52nd R.S. | Acclamation | Reuben E. Senterfitt | View | Reuben E. Senterfitt |
| 51st R.S. | Secret, Acclamation | Thomas Durwood Manford, Jr. | View | Durwood Manford, Joe M. Kilgore; while the vote was being counted, Kilgore moved that Manford be elected by acclamation; motion prevailed unanimously; motion prevailed to destroy all ballots cast |
| 50th R.S. | Acclamation | William Otey Reed | View | W.O. Reed |
| 49th R.S. | Acclamation | Claud Henry Gilmer | View | Claud Gilmer |
| 48th R.S. | Acclamation | Price Daniel, Sr. | View | Price Daniel, Sr. |
| 47th R.S. | Acclamation | Homer LaKirby Leonard | View | Homer Leonard |
| 46th R.S. | Acclamation | Robert Emmett Morse | View | R. Emmett Morse |
| 45th R.S. | Acclamation | Robert Wilburn Calvert | View | Robert W. Calvert |
| 44th R.S. | Secret, Acclamation | Coke Robert Stevenson | View | Coke R. Stevenson (80), Robert W. Calvert (68); the vote being cast and counted, Calvert moved that the Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed |
| 43rd R.S. | Secret, Acclamation | Coke Robert Stevenson | View | Coke R. Stevenson (82), A.P. Johnson (68); the vote being cast and counted, Johnson moved that the temporary Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed. |
| 42nd R.S. | Acclamation | Fred Hawthorne Minor | View | Fred. H. Minor |
| 41st R.S. | Secret, Acclamation | Wingate Stuart Barron, Sr. | View | W.S. Barron (87), W.R. Montgomery (59); the vote being deposited and counted, Montgomery moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Barron |
| 40th R.S. | Acclamation | Robert Lee Bobbitt, Sr. | View | R.L. Bobbitt |
| 39th R.S. | Secret | Lee Satterwhite | View | Lee Satterwhite (78), T.K. Irwin (57), J.W. Hall (10); Satterwhite having been declared the winner by the Secretary of State, Irwin moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Satterwhite |
| 38th R.S. | Secret | R.E. Seagler | View | R.E. Seagler (127), Lewis T. Carpenter (19); Seagler having been declared the winner, Carpenter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Seagler |
| 37th R.S. | Secret | Charles Graham Thomas | View | Chas G. Thomas (134) |
| 36th R.S. | Secret | Robert Ewing Thomason | View | R.E. Thomason (134) |
| 35th R.S. | Secret | Franklin Oliver Fuller | View | F.O. Fuller (140) |
| 34th R.S. | Secret | John William Woods | View | John B. Woods (72), Newt B. Williams (57), H.B. Savage (10); Woods having been declared the winner, Williams moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Woods. |
| 33rd R.S. | Secret | Chester H. Terrell | View | Chester H. Terrell (87), W.C. McKamy (51), J.C. Hunt (1); Terrell having been declared the winner, McKamy moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Terrell. |
| 32nd R.S. | Secret | Samuel Rayburn | View | Sam Rayburn (70), C.E. Gilmore (63); Rayburn having been declared the winner, Gilmore moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Rayburn. |
| 31st 1st C.S. | Secret | John Wesley Marshall | View | John Marshall (104), A.M. Kennedy (2), Sam Rayburn (4), John A. Mobley (1). |
| 31st 1st C.S. | Secret | Austin Milton Kennedy | View | Following his call to order of the session, Austin Kennedy delivered a resignation speech. |
| 31st R.S. | Secret | Austin Milton Kennedy | View | A. M. Kennedy (69), John A. Mobley (63); prior to the counting of the ballots, Mobley successfully moved that Kennedy be unanimously elected speaker. |
| 30th R.S. | Secret | Thomas B. Love | View | Thos B. Love (87); H.B. Terrell (45) |
| 29th R.S. | Secret | Francis William Seabury | View | F. W. Seabury (126) |
| 28th R.S. | Secret | Pat Morris Neff | View | Pat Neff (73), L.S. Schluter (57); Neff having been declared the winner, Schluter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Neff. |
| 27th R.S. | Secret | Robert E. Prince | View | Prince (125) |
| 26th R.S. | Secret | J.S. Sherrill | View | Sherrill (70), Bailey (54); Sherrill having been declared the winner, Bailey moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Sherrill. |
| 25th R.S. | Secret | L. Travis Dashiell | View | Dashiell (120), Burney (8); Dashiell having been elected, Burney moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Dashiell. |
| 24th R.S. | Secret | Thomas Slater Smith | View | Smith (102), Floyd (22); Smith having been elected, Floyd moved that the entire vote of the house be cast for Smith. |
| 23rd R.S. | Secret | John Hughes Cochran | View | Cochran (63), Gosset (35), Wilson (20) |
| 22nd R.S. | Secret | Robert Teague Milner | View | Milner (53), Browning (50) |
| 21st R.S. | Secret | Frank P. Alexander | View | Alexander (103) |
| 20th R.S. | Secret | George Cassety Pendleton | View | Pendleton (103) |
| 19th R.S. | Secret | Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | View | Foster (56), Upton (49) |
| 18th R.S. | Secret | Charles Reese Gibson | View | C. R. Gibson (64), W.F. Upton (33) |
| 17th R.S. | Secret | George R. Reeves | View | George Reeves (50), George Finlay (35), Hill (1) |
| 16th R.S. | Secret | John Hughes Cochran | View | Dan Cochran (57), Guy Bryan (26), M.D.K. Taylor (4), Smith of Harris (1) |
| 15th R.S. | Secret | Thomas Reuben Bonner | View | T.R. Bonner (45), D.U. Barziza (43) |
| 14th R.S. | Secret | Guy Morrison Bryan | View | Guy M. Bryan (75), B.H. Epperson (2) |
| 13th R.S. | Secret | Dr. Marion DeKalb Taylor | View | M.D.K. Taylor (67, W.A. Ellett (10) |
| 12th R.S. | William Henry Sinclair | View | William Henry Sinclair | |
| 12th R.S. | Acclamation | Ira Hobart Evans | View | Ira H. Evans |
| 11th R.S. | Secret | Nathaniel Macon Burford | View | N.M. Burford (39), Smith (30) |
| 10th R.S. | Secret | Dr. Marion DeKalb Taylor | View | M.D.K. Taylor (45), Buckley(18) |
| 9th 1st C.S. | Secret | Constantine W. Buckley | View | C.W. Buckley (54), Flewellen (5), Smith (1) |
| 9th R.S. | Nicholas Henry Darnell | View | Nicolas Henry Darnell | |
| 9th R.S. | Constantine W. Buckley | View | C.W. Buckley | |
| 8th R.S. | Secret | Dr. Marion DeKalb Taylor | View | M.D.K. Taylor (42), Darnell ( 33) |
| 7th R.S. | Secret | Matthew Fielding Locke | View | Matthew Fielding Locke (39), Dennis (14), Brown (13), blank (1) |
| 7th R.S. | Secret | Willliam S. Taylor | View | William S. Taylor |
| 6th R.S. | Secret | Hamilton Prioleau Bee | View | H.P. Bee (78), N.B. Charlton (1), Kittrell (1), Blank (1) |
| 5th R.S. | Secret | Hardin Richard Runnels | View | H.R. Runnels (41), William Fields (37), Blank (1) |
| 4th R.S. | Secret | David Catchings Dickson | View | Dickson (30), Runnels (27) |
| 3rd R.S. | Secret | Dr. Charles G. Keenan | View | Keenan (27), Tarrant (16) |
| 2nd R.S. | Secret | James Wilson Henderson | View | J.W. Henderson (34), M.B. Lamar (24) |
| 1st R.S. | Secret | Stephen W. Perkins | View | Stephen Perkins (42), John Brown (1), Edward Clark (2), Benjamin Gooch (1), Volney Howard (1), blank (1) |
| 1st R.S. | Secret | William H. Bourland | View | William H. Bourland (48), Echols (1), Darnell (1), Tankersly (2), Smith(1), blank (1) |
| 1st R.S. | Secret | William E. Crump | View | W.E. Crump (42), Edward Branch (14), Edward Clark (1), Benjamin Gooch (1) |
| 1st R.S. | Secret | Edward Thomas Branch | View | Edward Branch (31), Edward Clark (21), blank (1) |
| 1st R.S. | Secret | John 'Red' Brown | View | John Brown (32), William H. Bourland (23), none (1) |
| 1st R.S. | Secret | William E. Crump | View | W.E. Crump (27), E.T. Branch (8), J.W. Rose (7) |
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