1962 Texas Senate election

none June 2026 1962 Texas Senate election President pro tempore legislative no Texas November 6, 1962 1964 Texas Senate election 1964 All 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 1960 Texas Senate election 1960 Texas Democratic Party 31 31 1,105,530 80.50% Republican Party of Texas 0 0 267,871 19.50% TxSen1962Results.svg Senate results by district#92C5DE Democratic hold 320px Texas Democratic Party Texas Democratic Party The 1962 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 31 State Senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 58th Texas Legislature, serving staggered terms, with half of them up for election in 1964 and the other half up in 1966. Term length was determined by the drawing of lots at the opening of the following legislature. Background Democrats had controlled the Texas Senate since the 1872 elections. Since the implementation of Jim Crow voting restrictions in the early 1900s, Democrats had held unanimous or nearly unanimous control of the entire state legislature. These legislators were almost exclusively White men, with White women and Hispanic men winning office from time to time.May Janice C. The Evolution of the Texas Legislature: A Historical Overview https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-legislature 18 September 2025 Texas State Historical Association en No African American had won any election to the legislature in the entire 20th century up to this point.Bickerstaff Steve Gerrymandering Texas Texas Tech University Press 2020 978-1-68283-073-4 Heath C. Robert Lubbock 81–82 Redistricting The Texas Legislature, made up exclusively by Democrats, controlled the state's decennial redistricting following the 1960 census. While debating the chamber's redistricting bill, Senator Jep Fuller of Jefferson County filibustered the maps, objecting to the disproportionate distribution of voters among the districts. His own district in 1961 had double the population of the least populous district, and Senator Robert Baker, who supported him, represented Harris County with nine times the population of the least populous district. Fuller's filibuster failed, and attempts to get the Texas Supreme Court to overturn the maps also failed.Brooks Raymond May 18, 1961 Filibuster Ends: Fuller Again Redistricting Loser https://www.proquest.com/docview/1527763194 May 2, 2023 The Austin Statesman A3 1527763194November 8, 1961 Equitable Redistrict Try Failure https://www.proquest.com/docview/1527812988 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230503001500/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1527812988/8CC924351DB445B8PQ/20 May 3, 2023 May 2, 2023 The Austin Statesman A5 1527812988 Districts at the time strictly followed the boundaries of the state's 254 counties with no splits, and the Texas Constitution limited counties to one senator each, even if their population warranted multiple senators.Redistricting For Texas https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-chronicle-redistricting-for/199458702/ 12 June 2026 The Houston Chronicle 28 May 1961Editorial: Redistricting Ups Harris County Though Proportions Not Perfect https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-chronicle/199475088/ 13 June 2026 The Houston Chronicle 2 June 1961 Campaign Every seat in the Senate was won by the Democratic nominee. Republicans only put up fifteen nominees across all state senate posts, with the remaining races being decided at the Democratic primary election.Three-Way Split Likely in Texas Senate; House May Swing Right https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-chronicle/199473691/ 13 June 2026 The Houston Chronicle 28 October 1962 Results William H. Gardner of The Houston Post reported of the incoming Senate roster that twelve of the 31 members were conservatives, eleven were liberals, and eight were moderates. Ten of the 31 senators were newcomers to the Senate, four of whom had no previous state legislative service.Gardner William H. Texas Liberals Grow in Senate, Decline in House https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-texas-liberals-grow-in/199469534/ 13 June 2026 The Houston Post 9 December 1962 Members elected Below are the members elected at the 1962 general election, along with the length of their terms as determined at the beginning of the 1963 legislative session.Senators Draw For Four-Year Terms At Austin https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-waxahachie-daily-light/199469047/ 13 June 2026 The Waxahachie Daily Light 9 January 1963Jones Garth Saturday's Runoff Hard On State Representatives https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/199470022/ 13 June 2026 Tyler Morning Telegraph Associated Press 4 June 1962Legislature Lineup Listed https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beaumont-enterprise/199470546/ 13 June 2026 Beaumont Enterprise Associated Press Members in boldface were not members of the previous legislature. District 1: A. M. Aikin Jr. of Paris (4-year) District 2: Jack Boynton Strong of Longview (2-year) District 3: Martin Dies Jr. of Lufkin (2-year) District 4: D. Roy Harrington of Port Arthur (4-year) District 5: Neveille Colson of Navasota (4-year) District 6: Criss Cole of Houston (4-year) District 7: Galloway Calhoun of Tyler (2-year) District 8: George Parkhouse of Dallas (4-year) District 9: Ralph Hall of Rockwall (4-year) District 10: Don Kennard of Fort Worth (2-year) District 11: William T. "Bill" Moore of Bryan (2-year) District 12: J. P. Ward of Meridian (2-year) District 13: Murray Watson Jr. of Waco (4-year) District 14: Charles F. Herring of Austin (2-year) District 15: Culp Krueger of El Campo (4-year) District 16: Louis Crump of San Saba (4-year) District 17: A.R. "Babe" Schwartz of Galveston (2-year) District 18: Bill Patman of Ganado District 19: Walter Richter of Gonzales (4-year) District 20: Bruce Reagan of Corpus Christi (2-year) District 21: Abraham Kazen of Laredo (2-year) District 22: Tom Creighton of Mineral Wells (4-year) District 23: George Moffett of Chillicothe (2-year) District 24: David Ratliff of Stamford (2-year) District 25: Dorsey B. Hardeman of San Angelo (2-year) District 26: Franklin Spears of San Antonio (4-year) District 27: James Bates of Edinburg (4-year) District 28: Doc Blanchard of Lubbock (2-year) District 29: Frank Owen of Midland (2-year) District 30: Andrew J. Rogers of Childress (4-year) District 31: Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo (4-year) References Category:1962 Texas elections Category:Texas Senate elections Category:November 1962 in the United States Texas Senate election