55th Texas Legislature

The 55th Texas Legislature met from January 8, 1957, to May 23, 1957, and in two special sessions in November - December of that same year. All members present during this session were elected in the 1956 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 8, 1957 - May 23, 1957

1st Called Session: October 14, 1957 - November 12, 1957

2nd Called Session: November 13, 1957 - December 3, 1957

Party summary

Senate

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	31
Total		31

House

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	150
Total		150

Officers

Senate

• Lieutenant Governor: Ben Ramsey (D)
• President Pro Tempore: Ottis E. Lock (D), Carlos C. Ashley Sr. (D),

Searcy Bracewell (D), William T. "Bill" Moore (D) and Jep S. Fuller (D)

House

• Speaker of the House: Waggoner Carr (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 Howard A. Carney (D), Atlanta Dist. 2 Wardlow Lane (D), Center Dist. 3 Ottis E. Lock (D), Lufkin Dist. 4 Jep Fuller (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 Neveille H. Colson (D), Navasota Dist. 6 James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 Bill D. Wood (D), Tyler Dist. 8 George M. Parkhouse (D), Dallas Dist. 9 Ray Roberts (D), McKinney Dist. 10 Doyle Willis (D), Fort Worth

Dist. 11 William T. "Bill" Moore (D), Bryan Dist. 12 Crawford Martin (D), Hillsboro Dist. 13 Jarrard Secrest (D), Temple Dist. 14 Charles F. Herring (D), Austin Dist. 15 Culp Krueger (D), El Campo Dist. 16 Searcy Bracewell (D), Houston Dist. 17 Jimmy Phillips (D), Angleton Dist. 18 William S. Fly (D), Victoria Dist. 19 Rudolph A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 Bruce Reagan (D), Corpus Christi

Dist. 21 Abraham Kazen (D), Laredo Dist. 22 Wayne Wagonseller (D), Stoneburg Dist. 23 George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 David Ratliff (D), Stamford Dist. 25 Dorsey B. Hardeman (D), San Angelo Dist. 26 Henry B. Gonzalez (D), San Antonio Dist. 27 Hubert R. Hudson (D), Brownsville Dist. 28 Preston Smith (D), Lubbock Dist. 29 Frank Owen, III (D), El Paso Dist. 30 Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers (D), Childress Dist. 31 Grady Hazlewood (D), Amarillo

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats.

House members included future federal judge Barefoot Sanders and future Congressmen Kika de la Garza and Joe Pool, as well as future Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, future Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr, and future Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler.

Sources

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, [1]

External links

• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
• Legislative Reference Library