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Texas's 5th congressional district

Texas's 5th congressional district
Texas's 5th congressional district
Representative	Lance Gooden R–Terrell
Area	5,043.85 sq mi (13,063.5 km2)
Distribution	67.16% urban[1] 32.84% rural
Population (2022)	787,249[2]
Median household income	$74,111
Ethnicity	47.9% White 29.5% Hispanic 13.8% Black 4.6% Asian 3.4% Two or more races 0.8% other
Cook PVI	R+14[3]

Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller suburban, exurban and rural counties south and east of Dallas, including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people.

The current Representative from the 5th district is Lance Gooden, who won re-election in 2020 by defeating Democratic candidate Carolyn Salter.^[4]

2012 redistricting[edit]

After the 2012 redistricting process, the eastern half of Wood County was removed, and there were slight changes to the district in Dallas County.^[5]

Recent statewide election results[edit]

List of members representing the district[edit]

U.S. congressional district borders are periodically redrawn, therefore some district residence locations may no longer be in the 5th district.

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1875
John Hancock (Austin)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 4th district re-elected in 1874. [data missing]
Dewitt Clinton Giddings (Brenham)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. [data missing]
George Washington Jones (Bastrop)	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
James W. Throckmorton (McKinney)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data missing]
Silas Hare (Sherman)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
Joseph W. Bailey (Gainesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing]
Choice B. Randell (Sherman)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 4th district.
James Andrew Beall (Waxahachie)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1915	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired.
Hatton W. Sumners (Dallas)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1947	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Redistricted from the at-large seat and re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired.
Joseph Franklin Wilson (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955	80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Retired.
Bruce Alger (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Earle Cabell (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973	89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election.
Alan Steelman (Mesquite)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Jim Mattox (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for Texas Attorney General.
John Wiley Bryant (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Pete Sessions (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 32nd district.
Jeb Hensarling (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2019	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.
Lance Gooden (Terrell)	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Recent elections[edit]

2004[edit]

2006[edit]

2008[edit]

2010[edit]

2012[edit]

2014[edit]

2016[edit]

2018[edit]

2020[edit]

2022[edit]

Historical district boundaries[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of United States congressional districts

References[edit]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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