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LRL Home - Legislators and Leaders - Political party statistics - Political affiliation, 57th Legislature

Party affiliation - 57th Legislature

Totals based on membership as of first day of the regular session, January 10, 1961

House of Representatives

Democrats in the House of Representatives[ 149 of 149 100%]
James Collier Adams James Verne Adams John C. Alaniz John Allen Thomas Marvin Andrews Ben Atwell Scott J. Bailey Charles Lee Ballman Myra Davis Banfield James Edwin Barlow Ben Barnes Raymond Arthur Bartram Bob Bass Marshall Odom Bell V.E. 'Red' Berry John E. Blaine Stanley Elo Boysen Ronald W. Bridges J.W. Buchanan Steve Burgess Jerry Butler Neil Caldwell Joe Barnett Cannon Max Dan Carriker Joseph Norwin Chapman Criss Cole James D. Cole Sam Forse Collins Jack Willard Connell George Howell Cook	R.H. 'Dick' Cory James Madison Cotten Warren Clay Cowen Nelson Cowles Jack Walton Crain David Crews Paul Williams Curington Eligio de la Garza Brownrigg Hefferron Dewey Virginia Elizabeth Duff William Taylor Dungan Robert C. Eckhardt William Lawrence Ehrle Robert Lewis Fairchild Henry Arnold Fletcher Paul Whitfield Floyd Wilson Foreman Donald Edmund Garrison Wayne B. Gibbens Donald C. Gladden Webster W. Glass Benjamin Albert Glusing Howard Lemuel Green Henry Grover Lloyd Myron Guffey L. DeWitt Hale Forrest A. Harding Paul Byrne Haring D. Roy Harrington Clyde Haynes, Jr.	W.S. 'Bill' Heatly George T. Hinson Bill Hollowell John Andrew Huebner Charles Ervin Hughes Robert Higgins Hughes Maud Isaacks Tom James Alonzo W. Jamison Benjamin Edward Jarvis J.E. Johnson Jake Johnson Robert E. Johnson Obie E. Jones William Meshech Jones Don Kennard Rufus Underwood Kilpatrick Homer Louis Koliba Tony Korioth Peter Joseph La Valle Emmett Lack Roy Truett Latimer Harold Adair Leaverton Benjamin Harry Lewis Raul L. Longoria Jim Markgraf Lloyd C. Martin George Washington McCoppin Frank Bobbitt McGregor Malcolm McGregor	Grainger Walter McIlhany Wallace Harland Miller John William Moore Robert Raymond Mullen Menton J. Murray Gus F. Mutscher Herbert Otto Niemeyer James E. Nugent William Thomas Oliver Jesse M. Osborn Samuel Holcroft Parsons Cecil Wilton Pearcy Travis A. Peeler Olen Ray Petty William Harold Pieratt Maurice S. Pipkin George L. Preston Rayford Price W. Reed Quilliam, Jr. Bill Rapp Joe Ratcliff David Brown Read George H. Richards George 'Skeet' Richardson Ronald E. Roberts Wesley Brownlee Roberts Mauro Rosas Renal B. Rosson Charles Lloyd Sandahl Oswald Henry Schram	Tommy Shannon Donald Kenneth Shipley Richard C. Slack James L. Slider Stanford Stanley Smith Will L. Smith W.E. 'Pete' Snelson Franklin Scott Spears Wade Fetzer Spilman Theodore Buchanan Springer Maco Stewart III Vernon Stewart Dan Struve Leon Thurman Roger H. Thurmond, Jr. Terry Townsend Vidal Manuel Trevino Byron M. Tunnell James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman William Newton Walker J.E. Ward Murray Watson, Jr. Halen Gill Wells James Carl Wheatley Joseph Charles Whitfield Charles Wilson James Edgar Wilson Henry Jackson Woods Herman R. Yezak

Senate

Democrats in the Senate[ 31 of 31 100%]
A.M. Aikin, Jr. Robert W. Baker Galloway Calhoun Neveille Colson Tom Creighton Louis M. Crump Martin Dies, Jr.	Jep S. Fuller Henry Barbosa Gonzalez Dorsey B. Hardeman Grady Hazlewood Charles Herring Hubert R. Hudson Abraham Kazen	Culp Krueger Wardlow William Lane Crawford Collins Martin George Clarence Moffett William T. 'Bill' Moore Frank Owen III George Parkhouse	William N. 'Bill' Patman David Ratliff Bruce Anderson Reagan Ray Roberts Andrew Jacob Rogers A.R. 'Babe' Schwartz Jarrard Secrest	Preston Smith Rudolph Adolph Weinert Doyle Willis

Districts represented by more than one person
H District 9-2	William Thomas Oliver	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 11/23/1962
H District 9-2	J.D. 'Jimmie' Weldon	Democrat	11/23/1962 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 9-3	D. Roy Harrington	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 11/23/1962
H District 9-3	Carl Parker	Democrat	11/23/1962 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 21-2	Peter Joseph La Valle	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 08/20/1961
H District 21-2	George F. Korkmas	Republican	12/18/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 35	Thomas Marvin Andrews	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 11/23/1962
H District 35	Leroy J. Wieting	Democrat	11/23/1962 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 49-F	Tony Korioth	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 09/10/1961
H District 49-F	Don Warren Hefton	Democrat	12/30/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 68-2	Franklin Scott Spears	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 12/14/1961
H District 68-2	Rudolph S. Esquivel	Democrat	12/22/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 68-5	Marshall Odom Bell	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 07/07/1961
H District 68-5	Glenn Kothmann	Democrat	11/08/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
H District 93	James Edgar Wilson	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 08/23/1961
H District 93	Kenneth Williams Kohler	Republican	11/27/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.
S District 26	Henry Barbosa Gonzalez	Democrat	01/10/1961 - 11/05/1961
S District 26	Franklin Scott Spears	Democrat	12/22/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.

Members not listed above
H District 60-1	Yale Lary	Democrat	01/11/1961 - 01/08/1963	Not included in the statistics above.