Seal of the Senate of Texas President pro tempore (often shortened to pro tem ) of the Texas Senate is a largely honorary position, and is third in the line for the governorship of Texas . If the governor and lieutenant governor are both out of the state, the president pro tem is acting governor in their absence.
At the beginning of each session, the Senate elects one member to serve as the president pro tempore when the lieutenant governor is absent or that office becomes vacant. A different member of the Senate (usually a senior member, but unlike in some bodies, it is not based on seniority) is elected at the end of the session to serve as president pro tempore during the interim when the state legislature is not in session. The Senate traditionally honors presidents pro tempore once during their term by having the governor and lieutenant governor leave the state on the same day and inaugurating the president pro tempore as governor for a day.[1]
Unlike his or her counterparts in other state senates, the president pro tempore does not preside over the chamber on a daily basis; Texas's lieutenant governor regularly exercises his or her constitutional post as president of the state senate.
Presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate [ edit ] Name Party Legislative sessions Edward Burleson Democratic 1st , 2nd , 3rd Jesse Grimes Democratic 4th M. D. K. Taylor Democratic 5th Jesse Grimes Democratic 6th M. D. K. Taylor Democratic 7th Samuel Maverick Democratic 7th Jesse Grimes Democratic 8th Robert Henry Guinn Democratic 9th , 10th , 11th Donald Campbell Republican 12th David Webster Flanagan Republican 12th Edward Bradford Pickett Democratic 13th John Ireland Democratic 14th Wells Thompson Democratic 15th Edwin Hobby Democratic 16th Leonidas J. Storey Democratic 16th John Young Gooch Democratic 17th Francis Marion Martin Democratic 17th Augustus W. Houston Democratic 18th Samuel Bronson Cooper Democratic 18th William R. Shannon Democratic 19th Constantine Buckley "Buck" Kilgore Democratic 19th William Henry Pope Democratic 20th John Woods Democratic 20th Henry D. McDonald Democratic 21st William Henry Burges Democratic 21st John Walter Cranford Democratic 22nd Ernst Gustav Maetze Democratic 22nd Louis N. Frank Democratic 22nd Robert Hance Burney Democratic 22nd John G. Kearby Democratic 23rd Edwin Augustus Atlee Democratic 23rd Perry J. Lewis Democratic 24th James D. Woods Democratic 24th Joseph Burton Dibrell, Jr. Democratic 25th James R. Gough Democratic 25th Robert N. Stafford Democratic 26th William W. Turney Democratic 26th Barry Miller Democratic 27th George D. Neal Democratic 27th Daniel W. Odell Democratic 27th Asbury Bascom Davidson Democratic 27th Calhoun L. Potter Democratic 27th Asbury Bascom Davidson Democratic 28th Robert V. Davidson Democratic 28th George W. Savage Democratic 28th William A. Hanger Democratic 29th John G. Willacy Democratic 29th James J. Faulk Democratic 29th William C. McKamy, Jr. Democratic 29th Sidney P. Skinner Democratic 30th McDonald J. Meachum Democratic 30th A. P. Barrett Democratic 30th Benjamin F. Looney Democratic 30th James M. Terrell Democratic 31st Quintus et Ultimos Watson Democratic 31st Charles L. Brachfield Democratic 31st Edward I. Kellie Democratic 31st William O. Murray Democratic 31st Alfred J. Harper Democratic 31st David M. Alexander Democratic 31st Henry Berryman Terrell Democratic 31st Erasmus G. Senter Democratic 31st Ferdinand C. Weinert Democratic 31st Claude B. Hudspeth Democratic 32nd Thomas W. Perkins Democratic 32nd Charles Vernon Terrell Democratic 32nd Earle Bradford Mayfield Democratic 32nd Offa S. Lattimore Democratic 33rd William J. Greer Democratic 33rd Edgar H. Carter Democratic 33rd Vinson A. Collins Democratic 33rd Robert L. Warren Democratic 33rd James R. Wiley Democratic 33rd Flavious M. Gibson Democratic 33rd Wright C. Morrow Democratic 33rd Charles W. Taylor Democratic 33rd Quintus et Ultimos Watson Democratic 33rd Clinton W. Nugent Democratic 34th William J. Townsend, Jr. Democratic 34th James R. Wiley Democratic 34th Isaac E. Clark Democratic 34th John M. Henderson Democratic 35th Flavious M. Gibson Democratic 35th Ed Westbrook Democratic 35th William D. Suiter Democratic 35th Claude B. Hudspeth Democratic 35th Lon A. Smith Democratic 35th William L. Dean Democratic 35th James C. McNealus Democratic 35th William L. Dean Democratic 35th Willard A. Johnson Democratic 35th Edmond A. Decherd, Jr. Democratic 35th Rienzi Melville Johnston Democratic 35th Jeff J. Strickland Democratic 36th George W. Dayton Democratic 36th James M. Alderdice Democratic 36th Charles R. Buchanan Democratic 36th Paul D. Page Democratic 36th George M. Hopkins Democratic 36th Arren C. Buchanan Democratic 36th Ed Westbrook Democratic 36th Walter D. Caldwell Democratic 36th Martin Faust Democratic 36th Paul D. Page Democratic 37th Charles R. Floyd Democratic 37th John Heywood Bailey Democratic 37th Archie Parr Democratic 37th James H. Woods Democratic 37th Harry Hertzberg Democratic 37th Richard M. Dudley Democratic 38th William E. Watts Democratic 38th Dan S. McMillin Democratic 38th Edgar E. Witt Democratic 38th Charles A. Murphy Democratic 38th Isaac E. Clark Democratic 38th Henry L. Lewis Democratic 38th I. D. Fairchild Democratic 38th Alvin J. Wirtz Democratic 39th William H. Bledsoe Democratic 39th James G. Strong Democratic 39th John Davis Democratic 39th Ashley E. Wood Democratic 40th Thomas J. Holbrook Democratic 40th Tomas G. Pollard Democratic 40th Richard S. Bowers Democratic 40th Walter C. Woodward Democratic 41st Wilfred R. Cousins, Sr. Democratic 41st Eugene Miller Democratic 41st Margie E. Neal Democratic 41st Pink L. Parrish Democratic 41st Gus Russek Democratic 41st Benjamin F. Berkeley Democratic 41st Edgar E. Witt Democratic 41st Julian P. Greer Democratic 41st W. Albert "Cap" Williamson Democratic 41st Joseph M. Moore Democratic 41st Carl C. Hardin Democratic 42nd John W. E. H. Beck Democratic 42nd Tom A. DeBerry Democratic 42nd Clint C. Small Democratic 42nd William E. Thomason Democratic 42nd James W. Stevenson Democratic 42nd Jacob J. Loy Democratic 42nd Charles S. Gainer Democratic 42nd Oliver C. Cunningham Democratic 42nd H. Grady Woodruff Democratic 42nd Walter F. Woodul Democratic 43rd Nat Patton Democratic 43rd George C. Purl Democratic 43rd Welly K. Hopkins Democratic 43rd Frank H. Rawlings Democratic 43rd Margie E. Neal Democratic 43rd Cecil Murphy Democratic 43rd Joseph M. Moore Democratic 43rd Walter C. Woodward Democratic 43rd Kenneth M. Regan Democratic 44th John S. Redditt Democratic 44th Will M. Martin Democratic 44th Jim Neal Democratic 44th William Robert Poage Democratic 44th Wilbourne B. Collie Democratic 44th Roy Sanderford Democratic 44th Tom A. DeBerry Democratic 44th Will D. Pace Democratic 45th Claud C. Westerfeld Democratic 45th Olan R. Van Zandt Democratic 45th Claude Isbell Democratic 45th Allan Shivers Democratic 45th Benjamin G. Oneal Democratic 45th Weaver Moore Democratic 46th Albert Stone Democratic 46th Clay Cotten Democratic 47th Rudolph A. Weinert Democratic 47th E. Harold Beck Democratic 47th Henry L. Winfield Democratic 47th Vernon Lemens Democratic 48th Fred Mauritz Democratic 48th A. M. Aikin, Jr. Democratic 48th George C. Moffett Democratic 49th William Graves Democratic 49th Ben Ramsey Democratic 50th T. C. Chadick Democratic 50th Kyle Vick Democratic 51st George C. Morris Democratic 51st Grady Hazlewood Democratic 51st Wardlow W. Lane Democratic 51st Pat M. Bullock Democratic 52nd Howard A. Carney Democratic 52nd Rogers Kelley Democratic 53rd Jimmy Phillips Democratic 53rd Gus J. Strauss Democratic 53rd Dorsey B. Hardeman Democratic 53rd Crawford Martin Democratic 54th Neveille H. Colson Democratic 54th Ottis E. Lock Democratic 55th Carlos C. Ashley, Sr. Democratic 55th J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr. Democratic 55th William T. "Bill" Moore Democratic 55th Jep S. Fuller Democratic 55th George M. Parkhouse Democratic 56th Rudolph A. Weinert Democratic 56th Jarrard Secrest Democratic 56th Andrew J. "Andy" Rogers Democratic 56th Abraham "Chick" Kazen Democratic 56th Frank Owen, III Democratic 56th Ray Roberts Democratic 57th David Ratliff Democratic 57th Preston Smith Democratic 57th Bruce Reagan Democratic 57th Doyle Willis Democratic 57th Bruce Reagan Democratic 57th Charles F. Herring Democratic 57th Culp Krueger Democratic 57th Martin Dies, Jr. Democratic 58th Louis Crump Democratic 58th Tom Creighton Democratic 59th A. R. "Babe" Schwartz Democratic 59th Galloway Calhoun Democratic 59th W. N. "Bill" Patman Democratic 60th Ralph Hall Democratic 60th James Bates Democratic 60th D. Roy Harrington Democratic 60th Don Kennard Democratic 61st Murray Watson, Jr. Democratic 61st H. J. "Doc" Blanchard Democratic 61st J. P. Word Democratic 61st Criss Cole Democratic 61st Jack Hightower Democratic 62nd Wallace Eugene "Pete" Snelson Democratic 62nd Barbara Jordan Democratic 62nd Chet Brooks Democratic 62nd Wayne Connally Democratic 62nd Charles Wilson Democratic 62nd Oscar H. Mauzy Democratic 63rd O.H. "Ike" Harris Republican 63rd Max Sherman Democratic 63rd James P. Wallace Democratic 63rd Glenn Kothmann Democratic 64th H. Tati Santiesteban Democratic 64th Betty Andujar Republican 65th Don Adams Democratic 65th Peyton McKnight Democratic 65th Raul L. Longoria Democratic 65th William C. Meier Democratic 66th Bill Braecklein Democratic 66th John Traeger Democratic 67th Jack C. Ogg Democratic 67th Walter Mengden Republican 67th John T. Wilson Democratic 67th Grant Jones Democratic 68th Lloyd Doggett Democratic 68th Lindon Williams Democratic 68th Ray Farabee Democratic 69th Carlos F. Truan Democratic 69th Ed Howard Democratic 69th Carlos F. Truan Democratic 69th Carl A. Parker Democratic 70th Roy Blake, Sr. Democratic 70th John N. Leedom Republican 71st J. E. "Buster" Brown Republican 71st Kent A. Caperton Democratic 71st Craig A. Washington Democratic 71st Hugh Q. Parmer Democratic 71st Bob McFarland Republican 71st Robert J. Glasgow Democratic 72nd Don B. Henderson Republican 72nd Bill Sims Democratic 72nd John T. Montford Democratic 73rd John Whitmire Democratic 73rd Gonzalo Barrientos Democratic 74th Ken Armbrister Democratic 74th Judith Zaffirini Democratic 75th Bill Ratliff Republican 75th Teel Bivins Republican 76th Rodney Ellis Democratic 76th Chris Harris Republican 77th Mike Moncrief Democratic 77th Eddie Lucio, Jr. Democratic 78th Jane Nelson Republican 78th Jeff Wentworth Republican 78th Florence Shapiro Republican 79th Frank L. Madla Democratic 79th Royce West Democratic 79th Mario Gallegos, Jr. Democratic 80th John Carona Republican 80th Robert L. Duncan Republican 81st (Regular) Troy Fraser Republican 81st (Interim) Steve Ogden Republican 82nd (Regular) Mike Jackson Republican 82nd (Interim) Leticia Van de Putte Democratic 83rd (Regular) Craig Estes Republican 83rd (Interim) Juan Hinojosa Democrat 84th (Regular) Kevin Eltife Republican 84th (Interim) Kel Seliger Republican 85th (Regular) Robert Nichols Republican 85th (Interim) Kirk Watson Democratic 86th (Regular) Joan Huffman Republican 86th (Interim) Brian Birdwell Republican 87th (Regular) Donna Campbell Republican 87th (Interim) Kelly Hancock Republican 88th (Regular) Charles Schwertner Republican 88th (Interim)
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