Texas's 7th House of Representatives district

District 7 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).

The district has been represented by Republican Jay Dean since January 10, 2017, upon his initial election to the Texas House.

As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Gregg, Harrison, and Marion Counties. Major cities in the district include Jefferson, Longview, and Marshall.

List of representatives (Source:) Leg. Representative Party Term start Term end Counties they represented 3rd William M. Cochran Unknown November 5, 1849 November 3, 1851 Dallas, Denton 4th William C. Edwards November 3, 1851 November 7, 1853 San Augustine 5thJames W. Throckmorton November 7, 1853 November 5, 1855Collin, Cooke, Denton 6th November 5, 1855 November 2, 1857 7th Absolom Bishop November 2, 1857 November 7, 18598th William A. Ellett November 7, 1859 February 5, 1861 Thomas Lewellen March 18, 1861 November 4, 1861 9th Blackstone Hardeman November 4, 1861 November 2, 1863Nacogdoches 10th Bennett Blake November 2, 1863 August 6, 1866 11th Charles Childress Grayson August 8, 1866 February 7, 1870 12th Mitchell Kendall Henry MooreRadical Republican February 8, 1870 January 14, 1873Harrison 13th Shack Roberts Henry MooreRepublican January 14, 1873 January 13, 1874 14th Leslie Cazneau DeMorse Benjamin Holland Epperson Henry F. O'NealDemocratic January 13, 1874 April 18, 1876 Bowie, Cass, Marion 15thCaleb Jackson Garrison April 18, 1876 January 14, 1879Rusk 16th January 14, 1879 January 11, 1881 17th George Henry Gould January 11, 1881 January 9, 1883 18th Simeon Burns January 9, 1883 January 13, 1885Panola 19thJames Ras Jones January 13, 1885 January 11, 1887 20th January 11, 1887 January 8, 1889 21st January 8, 1889 January 13, 1891 22nd January 13, 1891 January 10, 1893 23rd William Jordan Hood January 10, 1893 January 8, 1895Fannin 24th William Ambrose Bramlette Jacob Lee Carpenter January 8, 1895 January 12, 1897 25th Jacob Lee Carpenter John Calvin Meade January 12, 1897 January 10, 1899 26th Rosser Thomas William R. Evans January 10, 1899 January 8, 1901 27th William R. Evans Wilburn W. Ridling John Cunningham January 8, 1901 January 10, 1901 February 15, 1901 January 13, 1903 January 18, 1901 January 13, 1903 28th James Wilson Hurt January 13, 1903 January 10, 1905Cass 29thHardy A. O'NealUnknown January 10, 1905 January 8, 1907 30th January 8, 1907 May 11, 1907 31stGeorge Washington FantDemocratic January 12, 1909 January 10, 1911 32nd January 10, 1911 January 14, 1913 33rdAngus T. Russell January 14, 1913 January 12, 1915Nacogdoches 34th January 12, 1915 January 9, 1917 35thWilliam E. Thomason January 9, 1917 January 14, 1919 36th January 14, 1919 January 11, 1921 37th January 11, 1921 January 9, 1923 38th William Scott Crawford January 9, 1923 January 13, 1925Panola39th Sidney Smith Baker January 13, 1925 November 10, 1925Samuel Bertram Wallace September 13, 1926 January 11, 1927 40th January 11, 1927 January 8, 1929 41st James Elbert Heaton January 8, 1929 January 13, 1931 42ndLon E. Alsup January 13, 1931 January 10, 1933 43rd January 10, 1933 January 8, 1935 44th January 8, 1935 January 12, 1937 45th January 12, 1937 January 10, 1939 46th January 10, 1939 January 14, 194147th January 14, 1941 September 24, 1941Mervyn Lee Ramsey July 25, 1942 January 12, 1943 48th January 12, 1943 January 9, 1945 49th January 9, 1945 September 27, 1945 50th Thomas Harris Sharp January 14, 1947 December 3, 1948 51stOsceola A. Cassity January 11, 1949 January 9, 1951 52nd January 9, 1951 January 13, 1953 53rdRobert William Patten January 13, 1953 January 11, 1955Jasper, Newton, Tyler 54th January 11, 1955 January 8, 1957 55th Ernest Everett Shackelford January 8, 1957 January 13, 1959 56thSam Forse Collins January 13, 1959 January 10, 1961 57th January 10, 1961 January 8, 1963 58th January 8, 1963 January 12, 1965Jasper, Newton, Sabine, Tyler 59thJames Everette Miller January 12, 1965 January 10, 1967 60th January 10, 1967 January 14, 1969Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler 61stDon Adams January 14, 1969 January 12, 1971 62nd January 12, 1971 January 9, 1973 63rd Terry Doyle (7−1) Pike Powers (7−2) Carl A. Parker (7−3) January 9, 1973 January 14, 1975Jefferson 64th Chester L. Slay Jr. (7−1) Pike Powers (7−2) Carl A. Parker (7−3) January 14, 1975 January 11, 1977 65th Albert Price (7−A) Pike Powers (7−B) Frank Collazo Jr. (7−C) January 11, 1977 January 9, 1979 66thAlbert Price (7−A) Bo Crawford (7−B) Frank Collazo Jr. (7−C) January 9, 1979 January 13, 1981 67th January 13, 1981 January 11, 1983 68th Jimmy Mankins January 11, 1983 January 8, 1985Gregg 69thJerry YostRepublican January 8, 1985 January 13, 1987 70th January 13, 1987 January 10, 1989 71st January 10, 1989 January 8, 1991 72nd January 8, 1991 January 12, 1993 73rd January 12, 1993 January 10, 1995Gregg, Rusk 74th January 10, 1995 January 14, 1997 75thTommy Merritt January 14, 1997 January 12, 1999 76th January 12, 1999 January 9, 2001 77th January 9, 2001 January 14, 2003 78th January 14, 2003 January 11, 2005Gregg, Smith 79th January 11, 2005 January 9, 2007 80th January 9, 2007 January 13, 2009 81st January 13, 2009 January 11, 2011 82ndDavid Simpson January 11, 2011 January 8, 2013 83rd January 8, 2013 January 13, 2015Gregg, Upshur 84th January 13, 2015 January 10, 2017 85thJay Dean January 10, 2017 January 8, 2019 86th January 8, 2019 January 12, 2021 87th January 12, 2021 January 10, 2023 88th January 10, 2023 January 14, 2025Gregg, Harrison, Marion 89th January 14, 2025 Present

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