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U.S. Senators from Texas:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
Thomas J. Rusk (D) J. Pinckney Henderson (D) Matthias Ward (D) Louis T. Wigfall (D) James W. Flanagan (R) Samuel B. Maxey (D) John H. Reagan (D) Horace Chilton (D) Roger Q. Mills (D) Charles A. Culberson (D) Earle B. Mayfield (D) Thomas T. Connally (D) M. Price Daniel (D) William A. Blakley (D) Ralph W. Yarborough (D) Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. (D) Robert C. Krueger (D) Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)	1846-1857 1857-1858 1858-1859 1859-1861 1870-1875 1875-1887 1887-1891 1891-1892 1892-1899 1899-1923 1923-1929 1929-1953 1953-1957 1957-1957 1957-1971 1971-1993 1993-1993 1993---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
Samuel Houston (D,AM) John Hemphill (D) Morgan C. Hamilton (R,LR,R) Richard Coke (D) Horace Chilton (D) Joseph W. Bailey (D) Rienzi M. Johnston (D) Morris Sheppard (D) Andrew Jackson Houston (D) W. Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel (D) Lyndon B. Johnson (D) William A. Blakley (D) John G. Tower (R) W. Philip (Phil) Gramm (R) John Cornyn (R)	1846-1859 1859-1861 1870-1877 1877-1895 1895-1901 1901-1913 1913-1913 1913-1941 1941-1941 1941-1949 1949-1961 1961-1961 1961-1985 1985-2002 2002--

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Morris Sheppard Charles A. Culberson Tom Connally

Texas Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): John N. Garner, Lyndon B. Johnson; George H.W. Bush President Pro Tempore: Thomas J. Rusk Democratic Conference Chair: Charles A. Culberson, Lyndon B. Johnson Republican Conference Secretary/Vice Chair: Kay Bailey Hutchison; John Cornyn Majority Leader/Minority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson Party Whips: Morris Sheppard, Lyndon B. Johnson Party Policy Committee Chair: Lyndon B. Johnson; John G. Tower; Kay Bailey Hutchison Democratic Campaign Committee Chair: Lloyd Bentsen National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair: Phil Gramm Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Aeronautical & Space Sciences: Lyndon B. Johnson Armed Services: John G. Tower Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Phil Gramm Finance: Lloyd Bentsen Foreign Relations: Tom Connally Labor and Public Welfare: Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
Lyndon B. Johnson

Texas Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Stephen F. Austin by Elisabet Ney (small House rotunda); Samuel Houston by Elisabet Ney (Statuary Hall). Busts: Vice Presidents Collection: John N. Garner by James Earle Fraser (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor); Lyndon B. Johnson by Jimilu Mason (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor); George H.W. Bush by Walker Hancock (Senate wing, second floor). Portraits: John N. Garner by Seymour M. Stone (Speaker's Lobby, House wing, second floor); Sam Rayburn by Douglas Chandor (Speaker's Lobby, House wing, second floor); George H. Mahon by Charles J. Fox (H-216); James P. Buchanan by Seymour M. Stone (H-218).


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