Representative | Party | Years | Cong ess | Electoral history |
District established March 4, 1903 |
William Robert Smith (Colorado) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917 | 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data missing] |
Thomas L. Blanton (Abilene) | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | 65th | Elected in 1916. Redistricted to the 17th district. |
Claude Benton Hudspeth (El Paso) | Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931 | 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. [data missing] |
R. Ewing Thomason (El Paso) | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – July 31, 1947 | 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th | Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Resigned to become U.S. District Judge. |
Vacant | July 31, 1947 – August 23, 1947 | 80th | |
Kenneth M. Regan (Midland) | Democratic | August 23, 1947 – January 3, 1955 | 80th 81st 82nd 83rd | Elected to finish Thomason's term. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Lost renomination. |
J. T. Rutherford (Odessa) | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 | 84th 85th 86th 87th | Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Lost re-election. |
Ed Foreman (Odessa) | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | 88th | Elected in 1962. Lost re-election. |
Richard C. White (El Paso) | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1983 | 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired. |
Ronald D. Coleman (El Paso) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired. |
Silvestre Reyes (El Paso) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 | 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost renomination. |
Beto O'Rourke (El Paso) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | 113th 114th 115th | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Veronica Escobar (El Paso) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present | 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |