Texas Senate, District 4 Explained

State:Texas
Percent Asian:3.8
Population:942,938
Percent Hispanic:22.9
District:4
Percent Black:13.9
Percent White:59
Residence:Conroe
Party:Republican
Representative:Brandon Creighton
Chamber:Senate

District 4 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Chambers county, and portions of Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, and Montgomery counties in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas.[1] The current senator from District 4 is Brandon Creighton, the winner of a special election held on August 5, 2014, to succeed the resigning Tommy Williams.

Election history

Election history of District 4 from 1992.[2]

1992

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 4Counties in District
1Joseph Lewis Hogg[3]
Isaac Parker
Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk
2Isaac Parker
David Gage
Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk
3Albert G. Walker[4]
Samuel R. Campbell
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, Henderson
4Hart HardinHopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt
5Malachi W. AllenCollin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Kaufman
6
7James W. Throckmorton
8
9Lewis F. CaseyPanola, Sabine, Shelby
10Spearman Holland
11James A. Truitt
12E. PettitAnderson, Henderson, Van Zandt
13Thomas J. Word
14Winfield B. StirmanAnderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt
15Walter RiptoeHarrison
16
17Robert L. Hightower
18John A. PeacockBowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
19
20William Thomas Armistead
21
22Lucius Whatley[5]
Henry F. O'Neal
23James D. WoodsCooke, Grayson
24
25
26Calhoun L. Potter
27
28James L. Harbison
29
30
31Robert E. Cofer
32
33Silas B. Cowell
34
35George W. Dayton
36
37Dan S. McMillin
38
39Henry F. TriplettHardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange
40Henry F. Triplett[6]
Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.
41Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.
42
43
44Allan Shivers
45
46
47
48
49
50Wilfred Roy Cousins, Jr.
51
52Jep Fuller
53Jefferson, Orange
54
55
56
57
58D. Roy Harrington
59
60
61
62
63Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange
64
65Carl A. Parker
66
67
68All of Chambers, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange.
Portions of Galveston, Harris, Montgomery
69
70
71
72
73
74Michael L. Galloway
75
76David Bernsen
77
78Tommy WilliamsAll of Liberty, Orange.
Portions of Chambers, Harris, Jefferson, Montgomery
79
80
81
82
83Tommy Williams
Brandon Creighton
All of Chambers
Portions of Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, Montgomery
84Brandon Creighton
85
86
87
88

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Senate Districts PLANS2168 . WTAW . 25 July 2024.
  2. Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  3. Senator Hogg granted leave of absence 4 May 1846
  4. Senator Walker resigned 30 March 1850, and replaced by Campbell
  5. Senator Whatley resigned 29 April 1891
  6. Senator Triplett died 14 December 1928