District 1 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 1 is Bryan Hughes.
Election history 2026
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2022 Bryan Hughes (Republican) was unopposed; as such, the election was cancelled and Hughes was declared elected without a vote.
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District officeholders Leg. Senator Party Term start Term end Counties in District 1stWilliam M. "Buckskin" WilliamsUnknown February 16, 1846 December 13, 1847Fannin, Lamar 2nd December 13, 1847 November 5, 1849 3rd Matthias Ward November 13, 1849 November 3, 1851 Bowie, Cass, Titus 4thJoseph H. Burks November 3, 1851 November 7, 1853Bowie, Red River 5th November 7, 1853 November 5, 1855 6thSolomon H. PirkeyNovember 5, 1855November 7, 1859 7th 8th James W. Sims November 7, 1859 November 4, 1861 9thRufus K. HartleyNovember 4, 1861August 6, 1866Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty 10th 11th Frederick Forney FoscueAugust 6, 1866February 7, 1870 12thEdward Bradford PickettDemocraticFebruary 21, 1870January 13, 1874Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler 13th 14thEdwin Hobby January 13, 1874 April 18, 1876 15thApril 18, 1876July 10, 1879Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler 16th 17thSamuel Bronson CooperJanuary 11, 1883January 9, 1883 18thJanuary 9, 1883January 13, 1885 19thWilliam L. DouglassJanuary 13, 1885January 8, 1889 20th 21stKennan B. SealeJanuary 8, 1889January 10, 1893 22nd 23rdBenjamin WhitakerJanuary 10, 1893January 12, 1897Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris 24th 25thSimon J. MorrissJanuary 12, 1897January 8, 1901 26th 27thJames R. Wilson January 8, 1901 January 13, 1903 28th January 13, 1903 May 1, 1903 29thJames M. Terrell January 10, 1905 January 8, 1907 30thJanuary 8, 1907January 10, 1911 31st 32ndHorace W. VaughanJanuary 14, 1911April 1, 191333rdAbsolom C. Oliver August 13, 1913 August 21, 1913John M. Henderson September 11, 1914 January 12, 1915 34th January 12, 1915January 14, 1919 35th 36thRobert P. DoroughJanuary 14, 1919January 9, 1923 37th 38th Pleasant A. Turner January 9, 1923 January 13, 1925 39thLloyd E. PriceJanuary 13, 1925January 8, 1929Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus 40th 41stJohn W. E. H. BeckJanuary 8, 1929 January 10, 1993 42nd 43rdJanuary 10, 1933March 24, 193644thE. Harold Beck September 28, 1936 January 12, 1937 45thJanuary 12, 1937January 14, 1941 46th 47thJanuary 14, 1941January 9, 1945 48th 49thHoward A. CarneyJanuary 9, 1945January 11, 1949 50th 51stJanuary 11, 1949January 13, 1953 52nd 53rdA. M. Aikin, Jr. January 13, 1953 January 11, 1955Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Red River, Titus 54thJanuary 11, 1955January 13, 1959 55th 56thJanuary 13, 1959January 8, 1963 57th 58thJanuary 8, 1963January 10, 1967 59th 60th January 10, 1967 January 14, 1969Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion,Morris, Red River, Titus 61stJanuary 14, 1969January 9, 1973 62nd 63rd January 9, 1973 January 14, 1975Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion,Morris, Red River, Titus 64thJanuary 14, 1975January 9, 1979 65th 66thVernon Edgar HowardJanuary 9, 1979January 11, 1983 67th 68th January 11, 1983 January 8, 1985Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris,Panola, Red River, Titus, Upshur69th January 8, 1985 September 18, 1986Richard M. AndersonSeptember 18, 1986January 10, 1989 70th 71stBill RatliffRepublicanJanuary 10, 1989January 12, 1993 72nd 73rd January 12, 1993 January 10, 1995 Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris,Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur 74thJanuary 10, 1995January 12, 1999All of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion,Morris, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur.Portion of Smith 75th 76thJanuary 12, 1999January 14, 2003 77th78th January 14, 2003 January 10, 2004All of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, Wood.Portion of SmithKevin EltifeMarch 5, 2004January 9, 2007 79th 80thJanuary 9, 2007January 11, 2011 81st 82nd January 11, 2011 January 8, 2013 83rdJanuary 8, 2013January 10, 2017 84th 85thBryan HughesJanuary 10, 2017January 12, 2021 86th 87thJanuary 12, 2021January 10, 2023 88thJanuary 10, 2023January 14, 2025Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Wood 89thJanuary 14, 2025present
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