Texas's 42nd House of Representatives district explained

State:	Texas
District:	42
Chamber:	House of Representatives
Representative:	Richard Raymond
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Laredo

District 42 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Richard Raymond since 2001.^[1]

Geography

The district is located in Webb County, Texas.

List of representatives

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Leg.	Portrait	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties they represented
3rd		Reuben E. Clements	Unknown	November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Cameron, Nueces, Starr, Webb
4th		Andrew Jackson Hamilton		Democratic	November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Travis
5th		William Francis Daniel	Unknown	November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Falls, Freestone, Limestone
6th		Milton Busby		November 5, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th		Thomas P. Aycock	Democratic	November 2, 1857	November 7, 1859
8th		Aaron Perry Jr.	November 7, 1859	November 4, 1861
9th		Joseph Ward	Unknown	November 4, 1861	January 14, 1862	Ellis, Johnson, Parker
10th		Edmund Gaines Pendleton		November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
		John Henry Prince		November 2, 1863	April 18, 1864
		Vacant		April 18, 1864	May 4, 1864
		William Russell Shannon		Democratic	May 4, 1864		August 6, 1866
11th		Benjamin P. Hendley	Unknown	August 6, 1866	February 7, 1870
		C. L. Jordan		August 8, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th		Vacant		February 7, 1870	January 14, 1873
13th				January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
14th				January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
15th		Elias Brooks Smyth	Democratic	April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Limestone
16th		James Petty Brown	January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th		Lafayette Lumpkin Foster	January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th		John Marks Moore	January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens
19th		Joseph T. Webb	January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th		Alexander Hamilton Latimer		Prohibitionist Democrat		January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st		Charles Ulrich Connellee	Democratic	January 8, 1889		January 10, 1891
22nd			January 10, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd		Martin McHenry Kenney	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Austin
24th		Charles Langhammer	January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897
25th		Frank Lotto	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
26th		Dethloff Willrodt	January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th		Charles Cantrell Glenn	January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th		William Jackson Bryant	January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Limestone
29th			January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th		George A. Bell	January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
31st		Lucius Pat Leach	January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
32nd			January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd		James Leonard Webb	January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Grayson
		Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves	January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915
34th			January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
		Dan Scott McMillin	January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
35th			January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
		Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves	January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th			January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
		Dan Scott McMillin	January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th		Humboldt Cummins	January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
		Joseph Robert Westbrook	January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
38th		Clifford Eugene Dinkle	January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925	Hunt, Rains
39th			January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
40th		Selby Evans Barnett	January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
41st			January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
42nd		Benjamin Franklin Vaughn	January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
43rd			January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th		Jesse Elbert Roach	January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th		Louis Mountville Lankford	January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th		Robert Graham Piner	January 10, 1939	January 13, 1941
47th		William Leonard Carlton	January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th			January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th		Edward P. Mangum	January 9, 1945	January 14, 1947
50th		Joseph Ogden Berry	January 14, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st		William Agnew Swindell	January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd			January 9, 1951	July 5, 1951 (resigned)
		Vacant		July 5, 1951		November 13, 1951
		Robert Edgar Hutchins Jr.	Democratic	November 13, 1951		January 13, 1953
53rd		Jimmy Ralph Morris	January 13, 1953	July 15, 1954 (resigned)	Navarro
		Vacant		July 15, 1954		January 11, 1955
54th		Robert Clifton Jackson	Democratic	January 11, 1955		January 8, 1957
55th			January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
56th			January 13, 1959	January 10, 1961
57th		Paul Williams Curington	January 10, 1961	January 8, 1963
58th		Ronald Edd Roberts	January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965	Hill, Navarro
59th			January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th		Joseph Terry Newman	January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio
61st			January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971	DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca
62nd		Tim Von Dohlen	January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd		William G. "Bill" Coody	January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975	Parker, Tarrant
64th			January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th			January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th			January 9, 1979	January 13, 1981
67th			January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th		Antonio C. "Tony" Garcia	January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Hidalgo
69th			January 8, 1985	January 13, 1987
70th		Renato Cuellar	January 13, 1987	January 10, 1989
71st			January 10, 1989	January 8, 1991
72nd			January 8, 1991	January 12, 1993
73rd		Henry Cuellar	January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995	Webb
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th			January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th			January 12, 1999	January 2, 2001
77th		Richard Peña Raymond	January 24, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th			January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005
79th			January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007
80th			January 9, 2007	January 13, 2009
81st			January 13, 2009	January 11, 2011
82nd			January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd			January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015
84th			January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017
85th			January 10, 2017	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2012
87th			January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th			January 10, 2023	January 14, 2025

Notes and References

1. Web site: Texas House of Representatives District 42 . 2023-10-22 . Ballotpedia . en.
2. Web site: Legislative Reference Library of Texas. lrl.texas.gov. January 14, 2024.