Seventy-first Texas Legislature
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The 71st Texas Legislature met from January 10, 1989 to May 29, 1989, and in six subsequent special called sessions (see below). All members present during this session were elected in the 1988 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 10, 1989 - May 29, 1989

1st Called Session: June 20, 1989 - July 18, 1989

2nd Called Session: November 14, 1989 - December 12, 1989

3rd Called Session: February 27, 1990 - March 28, 1990

4th Called Session: April 2, 1990 - May 1, 1990

5th Called Session: May 2, 1990 - May 30, 1990

6th Called Session: June 4, 1990 - June 7, 1990

Senate

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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  Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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Total 31

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members Note
  Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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  Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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Total 150

Senate

  • Lieutenant Governor
    Lieutenant Governor of Texas
    The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the...

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    William P. Hobby, Jr.
    William P. Hobby, Jr.
    William Pettus “Bill” Hobby, Jr., is a Texas Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor...

    , Democrat
  • President Pro Tempore (regular session): John N. Leedom
    John N. Leedom
    John N. Leedom, Sr. , is an engineer and lobbyist from Dallas, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1996 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 16...

    , Republican
  • President Pro Tempore (1st called session): J. E. "Buster" Brown
    J. E. "Buster" Brown
    James Edward Brown, known as J. E. "Buster" Brown , is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 2002 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 17, based in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and part of Harris counties, south and west of Houston...

    , Republican
  • President Pro Tempore (2nd called session): Kent A. Caperton
    Kent Caperton
    Kent Allen Caperton is an attorney and political consultant in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1991 as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from District 5, encompassing twenty-one counties from The Woodlands, to Crockett, and Caperton's then city of residence, Bryan, Texas.-Early...

    , Democrat
  • President Pro Tempore (3rd called session): Hugh Parmer
    Hugh Parmer
    Hugh Q. Parmer is an attorney and Democratic politician in Fort Worth, Texas. He served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature, on the Fort Worth City Council, and as mayor of Fort Worth. In 1990, he was his party's unsuccessful nominee for the U.S...

    , Democrat
  • President Pro Tempore (4th-6th called sessions): Bob McFarland
    Bob McFarland
    Millard Robert "Bob" McFarland , is an attorney and lobbyist in Arlington and Austin, Texas, who served from 1983 to 1991 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 10, then parts of Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties...

    , Republican

House

  • Speaker of the House
    Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
    The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the House...

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    Gibson D. "Gib" Lewis, Democrat

Senate

Dist. 1
  • Bill Ratliff
    Bill Ratliff
    William Roark Ratliff, known as Bill Ratliff , is a Texas politician who served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas, after former lieutenant governor Rick Perry succeeded to the governorship to replace George W...

     (R), Mount Pleasant


Dist. 2
  • Ted Lyon (D), Mesquite


Dist. 3
  • Bill Haley (D), Center


Dist. 4
  • Carl A. Parker (D), Port Arthur


Dist. 5
  • Kent A. Caperton
    Kent Caperton
    Kent Allen Caperton is an attorney and political consultant in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1991 as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from District 5, encompassing twenty-one counties from The Woodlands, to Crockett, and Caperton's then city of residence, Bryan, Texas.-Early...

     (D), Bryan


Dist. 6
  • Gene Green
    Gene Green
    Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (D), Houston


Dist. 7
  • Don Henderson (R), Houston


Dist. 8
  • O.H. "Ike" Harris
    O.H. "Ike" Harris
    O. H. "Ike" Harris is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1995 as a Republican member from Dallas County in both houses of the Texas State Legislature. He was elected to his single term as a state representative in 1962. His Senate tenure in District...

     (R), Dallas


Dist. 9
  • Chet Edwards
    Chet Edwards
    Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He represented a district based in Waco, Texas from 1991 to 2011, and served in the Texas Senate from 1983 until 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (D), Duncanville


Dist. 10
  • Bob McFarland
    Bob McFarland
    Millard Robert "Bob" McFarland , is an attorney and lobbyist in Arlington and Austin, Texas, who served from 1983 to 1991 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 10, then parts of Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties...

     (R), Arlington

Dist. 11
  • Chet Brooks
    Chet Brooks
    Chet Brooks is a former safety who played 3 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXIV. During his college years, he coined the name "Wrecking Crew" for the Texas A&M University football team defense.-References:...

     (D), Houston


Dist. 12
  • Hugh Q. Parmer
    Hugh Parmer
    Hugh Q. Parmer is an attorney and Democratic politician in Fort Worth, Texas. He served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature, on the Fort Worth City Council, and as mayor of Fort Worth. In 1990, he was his party's unsuccessful nominee for the U.S...

     (D), Fort Worth


Dist. 13
  • Craig Anthony Washington
    Craig Anthony Washington
    Craig Anthony Washington is a former American congressman representing Texas as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives....

     (D), Houston


Dist. 14
  • Gonzalo Barrientos
    Gonzalo Barrientos
    Gonzalo Barrientos, Jr. is a former Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 14th District from 1985 to 2007. He was also a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Austin from 1975 to 1985.-2002:-2000:...

     (D), Austin


Dist. 15
  • John Whitmire
    John Whitmire
    John Harris Whitmire is the longest-serving of current members of the Texas State Senate representing District 15, which includes much of northern Houston, since 1983. Previously he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 through 1982...

     (D), Houston


Dist. 16
  • John N. Leedom
    John N. Leedom
    John N. Leedom, Sr. , is an engineer and lobbyist from Dallas, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1996 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 16...

     (R), Dallas


Dist. 17
  • J. E. "Buster" Brown
    J. E. "Buster" Brown
    James Edward Brown, known as J. E. "Buster" Brown , is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 2002 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 17, based in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and part of Harris counties, south and west of Houston...

     (R), Lake Jackson


Dist. 18
  • Ken Armbrister
    Ken Armbrister
    Kenneth L. Armbrister was a Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District from 1987 to 2007.Armbrister was a Victoria, Texas police captain, and the vice president of the Victoria School Board when first elected as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives in 1983...

     (D), Victoria


Dist. 19
  • Frank Tejeda
    Frank Tejeda
    Frank Mariano Tejeda was a decorated United States Marine and an American Democratic politician from Texas. He served in the Texas House of Representatives , the Texas Senate , and in the United States House of Representatives .-Biography:Frank M. Tejeda was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended...

     (D), San Antonio


Dist. 20
  • Carlos F. Truan (D), Corpus Christi

Dist. 21
  • Judith Zaffirini
    Judith Zaffirini
    Judith Zaffirini is a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate representing the 21st District, which includes her home city of Laredo. On January 9, 2007, Zaffirini became the second in seniority in the 31-member Texas Senate, where she has served since 1987...

     (D), Laredo


Dist. 22
  • Bob Glasgow (D), Stephenville


Dist. 23
  • Eddie Bernice Johnson
    Eddie Bernice Johnson
    Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress....

     (D), Dallas


Dist. 24
  • Temple Dickson
    Temple Dickson
    Robert Temple Dickson, III , was a prominent trial lawyer, rancher, and a former Democratic state legislator, having served in both the Texas House of Representatives, from 1965 to 1971, and the Texas Senate, from 1989 to 1993.-Early years:Dickson was born in Seymour, the seat of Baylor County, to...

     (D), Sweetwater


Dist. 25
  • Bill Sims (D), San Angelo


Dist. 26
  • Cyndi Taylor Krier
    Cyndi Taylor Krier
    Cynthia Taylor Krier, known as Cyndi Taylor Krier , is an attorney, lobbyist, and former Republican politician in San Antonio, Texas. She served in the Texas State Senate from District 26 from 1985 to 1993 and as the administrative judge of Bexar County from 1993 to 2001...

     (R), San Antonio


Dist. 27
  • Hector Uribe
    Hector Uribe
    Hector Uribe is a former Democratic member of the Texas Senate, District 27 and a past candidate for Texas Land Commissioner....

     (D), Brownsville


Dist. 28
  • John T. Montford (D), Lubbock


Dist. 29
  • Tati Santiesteban (D), El Paso


Dist. 30
  • Steve Carriker (D), Roby


Dist. 31
  • Teel Bivins
    Teel Bivins
    Miles Teel Bivins served as United States ambassador to Sweden between 2004 and 2006. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 21, 2004, and sworn in at Washington D.C., on May 26. He presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 9...

     (R), Amarillo


Sources

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/holidays.html

http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionOverviews/summary/soe70.pdf
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