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Texas
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
   Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
 U.S. Senator 1993-present
       Hutchison initially won a special election to fill an unexpired term; she was subsequently re-elected.
  Kay Granger (R)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)		 U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
1997-present
1995-present
1993-present
  Shelley Sekula Gibbs (R) U.S. Representative 2006-2007
     Gibbs won a special election to fill a vacancy .
  Barbara C. Jordan (D)
Lera M. Thomas (D)		 U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative		 1973-1979
1966-1967
     Thomas was elected to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  Susan Combs (R)
Elizabeth Ames Jones (R)
Susan Combs (R)
Carole Keeton Strayhorn (I)
 State Comproller
Railroad Commissioner
Agriculture Commissioner
State Comptroller
2007-present
2005-present
1999-2007
1999-2007
     Strayhorn was initially elected as a Republican.
  Carole Keeton Strayhorn (R) Railroad Comm. 1994-1999
     Strayhorn won a special election to fill an unexpired term.
  Martha Whitehead (D) State Treasurer 1993-1996
     Whitehead was initially appointed to fill a vacancy.
  Ann Richards (D)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
Lena Guerrero (D)
 Governor
State Treasurer
Railroad Comm.
 1991-1995
1991-1993
1991-1992
     Guerrero was appointed to fill a vacancy.
  Ann Richards (D)
Miriam Ferguson (D)		 State Treasurer
Governor		 1983-1990
1925-1927; 1933-1935
     Ferguson was elected twice as a surrogate for her husband who could not run for re-election. She was seated fifteen days
    after Nellie Tayloe Ross (D-WY) who was the first woman to be sworn in as a governor.
 
State Legislature
   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                          
2008
 34 2 2 4/ 31 18 13 31/ 150 35/ 181 19.3
2007
 33 2 2 4/ 31 18 13 31/ 150 35/ 181 19.3
2006
 28 2 2 4/ 31 15 18 33/ 150 37/ 181 20.4
2005
 31 2 2 4/ 31 13 18 31/ 150 35/ 181 19.3
2004
 33 2 2 4/ 31 11 20 31/ 150 35/ 181 19.3
2003
 32 2 2 4/ 31 11 20 31/ 150 35/ 181 19.3
2002
 34 2 2 4/ 31 16 14 30/ 150 34/ 181 18.8
2001
 33 2 2 4/ 31 16 14 30/ 150 34/ 181 18.8
2000
 38 2 2 4/ 31 16 13 28/ 150 33/ 181 18.2
1999
 38 2 2 4/ 31 16 12 28/ 150 32/ 181 17.7
1998
 30 1 2 3/ 31 19 11 30/ 150 33/ 181 18.2
1997
 30 1 2 3/ 31 19 11 30/ 150 33/ 181 18.2
1996
 31 2 2 4/ 31 18 11 29/ 150 33/ 181 18.2
1995
 31 2 2 4/ 31 18 11 29/ 150 33/ 181 18.2
1994
 35 2 2 4/ 31 19 8 27/ 150 31/ 181 17.1
1993
 36 2 2 4/ 31 18 7 25/ 150 29/ 181 16.0
1992
 39 3 1 4/ 31 13 6 19/ 150 23/ 181 12.7
1991
 38 3 1 4/ 31 13 6 19/ 150 23/ 181 12.7
1990
 40 2 1 3/ 31 11 5 16/ 150 19/ 181 10.5
1989
 39 2 1 3/ 31 11 5 16/ 150 19/ 181 10.5
1988
 39 2 1 3/ 31 10 4 14/ 150 17/ 181 9.4
1987
 39 2 1 3/ 31 10 4 14/ 150 17/ 181 9.4
1986
 39 0 1 1/ 31 10 5 15/ 150 16/ 181 8.8
1985
 39 0 1 1/ 31 10 5 15/ 150 16/ 181 8.8
1984
 43 0 0 0/ 31 9 4 13/ 150 13/ 181 7.2
1983
 43 0 0 0/ 31 9 4 13/ 150 13/ 181 7.2
1981
 41 0 1 1/ 31 10 1 11/ 150 12/ 181 6.6
1979
 35 - - 1/ 31 - - 11/ 150 12/ 181 6.6
1977
 - - - 1/ NA - - 10/ NA 11/ NA -
1975
 - - - 1/ NA - - 7/ NA 8/ NA -
  

  

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