BEXAR     texasC COUNTY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXASTommy Adkisson, Commissioner, Precinct 4
(210) 335-2614

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Bexar County Representatives in the United States House of Representatives since 1846 to the present

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YEARS in OFFICE

Timothy Pilsbury
Volney Howard
Peter H. Bell
Guy Bryan
Andrew Hamilton

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Brazoria
San Antonio
Austin
Brazoria
La Grange

1846-50
1850-54
1854-57
1857-59
1859-61

1846-50
1850-54
1854-57
1857-59
1859-61

Texas Seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861
and was readmitted on March 30, 1870.

Edward Degener
John Hancock
Gustave Schleicher
Christopher Upson
James F. Miller
Littleton Moore
Thomas Paschal
George Noonan
James Slayden
Carlos Bee
Harry Wurzbach
Augustus McCloskey
Richard Kleberg
Maury Maverick
Paul Kilday
Henry B. Gonzalez
O.C. Fisher
Abraham Kazen
Bob Krueger
Tom Loeffler
Albert Bustamante
Lamar Smith
Henry Bonilla
Frank Tejeda
Ciro D. Rodriguez
Charles A. Gonzalez
Henry Cuellar

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San Antonio
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Cuero
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Gonzales
La Grange
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
King Ranch
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Angelo
Laredo
New Braunfels
Hunt
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
Laredo

1870-72
1872-77
1875-79
1879-83 (
a)
1883-87
1887-93
1893-95
1895-97
1897-1919
1919-21
1921-31 (
b) (c)
1929-30 (
d)
1931-35 (
e)
1935-39
1939-61 (
f)
1961-99 (
g)
1967-75 (
h)
1967-85 (
i)
1975-79
1979-87
1985-1993
1987-Present
1993-Present
1993-1997
1997-2004
1998-Present
2005-Present 
 

(a)  Elected in a special election in 1879 after Schleicher died

(b)  Regained seat after contesting 1929 election results

(c)  Died in office in 1931

(d)  Held seat for one year but lost seat when Wurzbach successfully contested 1928 election results

(e)  Elected during a special election in 1931 after Wurzbach died and served until 1945, but lost Bexar County when 20th District was created in 1934

(f)  Appointed by President Kennedy to seat on U.S. Military Court of Appeals in 1961

(g)  Elected in a special election in 1961 to fill Kilday´s seat

(h) Served from 1943-75 and gained part of Bexar County in 1967

(i)  District was created in 1966 taking part of Bexar County

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