Texas's 63rd House of Representatives district explained

State:	Texas
Percent Asian:	14.3
Voting Age:	152,377
Population Year:	2020
Population:	202,319
Percent Hispanic:	22.0
District:	63
Percent Black:	11.9
Percent White:	50.0
Residence:	Flower Mound
Party:	Republican
Representative:	Ben Bumgarner
Chamber:	House of Representatives

District 63 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 5th legislature (1853–55).

The district has been represented by Republican Ben Bumgarner since January 10, 2023, upon his initial election to the Texas House.^[1]

As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses southwestern, and portions of southeastern and south central, Denton County. Major cities in the district include the majority of Flower Mound, Lewisville, Roanoke, and Trophy Club, and a portion of Carrollton.^[2]

Elections

Texas House District 63 vote by party in recent elections^[3] !Year!Democratic!Republican!Other

2022	44.07% 28,342	55.93% 35,965	align="center"	-
2020	32.58% 35,426	67.42% 73,297	align="center"	-
2018	32.88% 25,944	67.12% 52,971	align="center"	-
2016	align="center"	-	100% 64,120	align="center"	-
2014	22.66% 9,026	77.34 30,809	align="center"	-
2012	align="center"	-	85.31% 51,500	14.69% 8,865

Representatives^[4]

Leg.	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Counties represented
5th	Henry Eustace McCulloch	Unknown	November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855
6th	John Rhodes King		November 5, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th	Isham Vining Harris		November 2, 1857	November 7, 1859
8th	Matthew Dawson Anderson		November 7, 1859	February 8, 1861
	Washington Edmund Goodrich		March 18, 1861	November 4, 1861
9th			November 4, 1861	November 2, 1863
	J.E. Harwell				Lavaca
10th	W. H. Howard		November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th	William Tate		August 6, 1866	February 7, 1870
15th	Travis Shaw		Democratic	April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879
16th	Gottlieb Pauli		Republican	January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
	Augustin Haidusek	Democratic	January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th	Charles E. Gass	January 9, 1883	January 22, 1883	Coryell Hamilton
	C.W. Cotton	January 22, 1883	January 13, 1885
19th	John Powell "Jack" Key	January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
	Andrew Carroll Graves		Republican		January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st	Crockett McDonald King	Democratic	January 8, 1889		January 13, 1891
22nd	George Federick Perry	January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd	Romanus 'Roe' Talbot	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Robertson
24th	Roger Lanier Mills Moody	January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897
25th	W. P. Blackburn	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899
26th	Semmes Wilder Parish	January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th		January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th	Christopher Columbus Pearson	January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Burnet, Williamson
29th	Franklin Deaderick Love	January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th		January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
31st	Christopher Columbus Pearson	January 12, 1909	November 9, 1910
32nd	W. H. Corder	January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd	Joe Frank Coffey	January 14, 1913	March 26, 1914	Falls, Limestone, McLennan
	Nicholas Patten Houx	September 9, 1914	January 12, 1915
34th	Edgar Earnest Witt	January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917
35th	Frank Minnock Fitzpatrick Sr.	January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th	James Louis Quicksall Sr.	January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th		January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
38th	Cecil Anderson Morgan Sr.	January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925	Robertson
39th	Corry Thaddeus Sheats	January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
40th		January 11, 1927	January 8, 1929
41st	Robert Brown Ewing	January 8, 1929	February 24, 1930
42nd	Jacob Leonard Goodman	January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
43rd		January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th	David Hollis Frazer	January 8, 1935	January 12, 1937
45th	Cecil Taylor Rhodes	January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th		January 10, 1939	January 14, 1941
47th		January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th		January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th	Herman R. Yezak	January 9, 1945	January 14, 1947
50th		January 14, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st		January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd		January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
58th	Wayne Gibbens	January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965	Callahan Eastland, Palo Pinto Shackelford, Stephens
59th		January 12, 1965	January 7, 1966
60th	Burke Musgrove	January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969
61st	Robert Temple Dickson III	January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971	Howard, Mitchell, Nolan
62nd	Dee Jon Davis	January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd	Renal Boyd "Al" Rosson	January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975
64th	Michael Herman "Mike" Ezzell	January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th		January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th		January 9, 1979	October 15, 1980
	Larry Don Shaw	December 3, 1980	January 13, 1981
67th		January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th	William G. "Bill" Cody	January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Cooke, Parker, Wise
69th	Ric Williamson	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	Mary Diane Denny	Republican	January 14, 1993	January 10, 1995	Collin, Denton, Rockwall
74th		January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th		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, 2005	Denton
79th		January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007
80th	Tan Parker	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, 2021
87th		January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th	Ben Bumgarner	January 10, 2023	Present

External links

• District 63 information

Notes and References

1. Web site: Texas House of Representatives District 63. ballotpedia.org. January 31, 2018.
2. Web site: District Population Analysis with County Subtotals. 1 November 2021. data.capitol.texas.gov.
3. Web site: votedenton.gov . 9 February 2023.
4. Web site: Texas Legislators: Past & Present. lrl.texas.gov.