Tom Craddick

Full Name: Thomas Russell "Tom" Craddick

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation
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Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	82	Jan 14, 2025 - Jan 12, 2027	89th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 2/13/2025.	Dawson, Martin, Midland
H	82	Jan 10, 2023 - Jan 14, 2025	88th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 2/8/2023.	Dawson, Martin, Midland
H	82	Jan 12, 2021 - Jan 10, 2023	87th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 2/4/2021.	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 8, 2019 - Jan 12, 2021	86th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 1/23/2019.	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 10, 2017 - Jan 8, 2019	85th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 2/9/2017.	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 13, 2015 - Jan 10, 2017	84th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 8, 2013 - Jan 13, 2015	83rd	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 1/31/2013.	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 11, 2011 - Jan 8, 2013	82nd	Republican	Midland / Midland	Dean of the House, 2/9/2011.	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 13, 2009 - Jan 11, 2011	81st	Republican	Midland / Midland		Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 9, 2007 - Jan 13, 2009	80th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Speaker	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 11, 2005 - Jan 9, 2007	79th	Republican	Midland / Midland	Speaker	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005	78th ⁽¹⁾	Republican	Midland / Midland	Speaker	Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton
H	82	Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003	77th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan
H	82	Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001	76th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan
H	82	Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999	75th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan
H	82	Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997	74th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan
H	82	Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995	73rd	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan
H	76	Jan 8, 1991 - Jan 12, 1993	72nd	Republican	Midland / Midland		Ector, Midland
H	76	Jan 10, 1989 - Jan 8, 1991	71st	Republican	Midland / Midland		Ector, Midland
H	76	Jan 13, 1987 - Jan 10, 1989	70th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Ector, Midland
H	76	Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 13, 1987	69th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Ector, Midland
H	76	Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985	68th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Ector, Midland
H	68	Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983	67th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton
H	68	Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981	66th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton
H	68	Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979	65th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton
H	68	Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977	64th	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton
H	68	Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975	63rd	Republican	Midland / Midland		Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton
H	70	Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973	62nd	Republican	Midland / Midland		Midland
H	70	Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971	61st	Republican	Midland / Midland		Midland

(1) 78th Legislature - Election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1/14/2003, pp. 9-17. Speaker of the House. House Journal.

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House District 82
Jan 14, 2025 - Jan 12, 2027
Legislatures: 89th
Dean of the House, 2/13/2025.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Dawson, Martin, Midland

House District 82
Jan 10, 2023 - Jan 14, 2025
Legislatures: 88th
Dean of the House, 2/8/2023.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Dawson, Martin, Midland

House District 82
Jan 12, 2021 - Jan 10, 2023
Legislatures: 87th
Dean of the House, 2/4/2021.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 8, 2019 - Jan 12, 2021
Legislatures: 86th
Dean of the House, 1/23/2019.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 10, 2017 - Jan 8, 2019
Legislatures: 85th
Dean of the House, 2/9/2017.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 13, 2015 - Jan 10, 2017
Legislatures: 84th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 8, 2013 - Jan 13, 2015
Legislatures: 83rd
Dean of the House, 1/31/2013.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 11, 2011 - Jan 8, 2013
Legislatures: 82nd
Dean of the House, 2/9/2011.
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 13, 2009 - Jan 11, 2011
Legislatures: 81st
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 9, 2007 - Jan 13, 2009
Legislatures: 80th
Speaker
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 11, 2005 - Jan 9, 2007
Legislatures: 79th
Speaker
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 11, 2005
Legislatures: 78th ⁽¹⁾
Speaker
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Crane, Dawson, Martin, Midland, Upton

House District 82
Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003
Legislatures: 77th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan

House District 82
Jan 12, 1999 - Jan 9, 2001
Legislatures: 76th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan

House District 82
Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 12, 1999
Legislatures: 75th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan

House District 82
Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997
Legislatures: 74th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan

House District 82
Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995
Legislatures: 73rd
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan

House District 76
Jan 8, 1991 - Jan 12, 1993
Legislatures: 72nd
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Ector, Midland

House District 76
Jan 10, 1989 - Jan 8, 1991
Legislatures: 71st
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Ector, Midland

House District 76
Jan 13, 1987 - Jan 10, 1989
Legislatures: 70th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Ector, Midland

House District 76
Jan 8, 1985 - Jan 13, 1987
Legislatures: 69th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Ector, Midland

House District 76
Jan 11, 1983 - Jan 8, 1985
Legislatures: 68th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Ector, Midland

House District 68
Jan 13, 1981 - Jan 11, 1983
Legislatures: 67th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton

House District 68
Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981
Legislatures: 66th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton

House District 68
Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979
Legislatures: 65th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton

House District 68
Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977
Legislatures: 64th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton

House District 68
Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975
Legislatures: 63rd
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton

House District 70
Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973
Legislatures: 62nd
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Midland

House District 70
Jan 14, 1969 - Jan 12, 1971
Legislatures: 61st
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Midland / Midland
Counties in district: Midland

(1) 78th Legislature - Election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1/14/2003, pp. 9-17. Speaker of the House. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

80th Legislature - Oath of office and address by the Speaker, pp. 23-24. House Journal.
68th Legislature, R.S., HR 568. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
83rd Legislature, R.S., HR 1896. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
86th Legislature, R.S., HCR 180. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
86th Legislature, R.S., HR 2009. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
89th Legislature, HR 1462. Tom Craddick, "the longest-serving member in the history of the Texas Legislature." Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

73rd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Craddick. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
"Tom Craddick: Lone Star Dealmaker," Summer 2022, pp. 45-49. State Legislatures.
Biographical sketch, 78th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.
Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.
Biographical sketch, 85th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives.

Other Resources

Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974, 1975.
Longest serving member of the Texas State Legislature, "Craddick sworn in, breaks service record," 1/13/2015. Texas House of Representatives - Press Memos of the House Members and Speaker.
Photograph, "Where Are They Now? The Dirty Thirty," September 2001, p. 52. Texas Monthly.
Thomas Russell Craddick. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. Tom Craddick, 86th Legislature, Texas House of Representatives
Photograph. Representative Tom Craddick, Nadine Craddick, and District Judge Rodney Satterwhite. Representative Tom Craddick is sworn in as a member of the 84th Legislature at his home in Midland on January 13, 2014. Photo courtesy of the Craddick family., 84th Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 83rd Legislature, Texas House of Representatives
Photograph. Parliamentarian Terry Keel with Speaker of the House Tom Craddick and deputy parliamentarian Ron Wilson. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, 80th Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Speaker of the House Tom Craddick and parliamentarian Terry Keel. 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, 80th Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Speaker of the House Tom Craddick with parliamentarians Terry Keel and Ron Wilson. 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, 80th Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Speaker Pro Tem Sylvester Turner, Speaker of the House Tom Craddick and parliamentarian Terry Keel. 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, 80th Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 79th Legislature, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 78th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 77th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 76th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Elvira Reyna, Terry Keel, Tom Craddick, John Culberson, Peggy Hamric, and Mary Denny in the Texas House of Representatives, 1999. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, 76th Legislature, Donated Material
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 75th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 74th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 73rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 71st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 70th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 69th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 68th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 67th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 66th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 65th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 64th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, House Photography
Photograph. Tom Craddick, House Photography
Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature, 1995.
Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature, 2005.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

61st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
62nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
63rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
64th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
65th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
66th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
67th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
68th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
69th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
70th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
71st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, east wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board.
72nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
73rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
74th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
75th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
76th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
77th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
78th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
79th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
80th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
81st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
82nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
83rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
84th session composite photo of House members (House chamber, east wall. 2W.5). State Preservation Board.
85th session composite photo of House members (House chamber, east wall. 2W.5). State Preservation Board.
86th session composite photo of House members (House chamber, east wall. 2W.5). State Preservation Board.
87th session composite photo of House members(House chamber, east wall. 2W.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

89th R.S. - 2025 Energy Resources Transportation (Chair)
88th R.S. - 2023 Energy Resources Ways and Means
87th R.S. - 2021 Calendars Energy Resources Land and Resource Management
86th R.S. - 2019 Energy Resources Land and Resource Management (Chair)
85th R.S. - 2017 Energy Resources State Affairs
84th R.S. - 2015 Energy Resources State Affairs
83rd R.S. - 2013 Energy Resources State Affairs
82nd R.S. - 2011 Energy Resources State Affairs
81st R.S. - 2009 Energy Resources State Affairs
77th R.S. - 2001 State Affairs Ways and Means
76th R.S. - 1999 State Affairs Ways and Means
75th R.S. - 1997 Revenue and Public Education Funding, Select State Affairs Ways and Means (Chair)
74th R.S. - 1995 Calendars Election Contest District 58, Select State Affairs Ways and Means (Chair)
73rd R.S. - 1993 Calendars Election Contest District 144, Special Ways and Means (Chair)
72nd R.S. - 1991 Energy Public Health (Chair) Redistricting
71st R.S. - 1989 Energy (Vice Chair) House Research Organization Steering Committee Nursing Home Rate Reimbursement, Interim Ways and Means Ways and Means Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight
70th R.S. - 1987 Energy House Research Organization Steering Committee Ways and Means
69th R.S. - 1985 Energy House Research Organization Steering Committee Natural Resources (Chair)
68th R.S. - 1983 Calendars Energy Energy Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight Natural Resources (Chair) Water Resources (Vice Chair)
67th R.S. - 1981 Energy Resources Energy Resources Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight Natural Resources (Chair)
66th R.S. - 1979 Energy Resources Natural Resources (Chair) Natural Resources Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters
65th R.S. - 1977 Energy Resources Natural Resources (Chair)
64th R.S. - 1975 Energy Resources Natural Resources (Chair)
63rd R.S. - 1973 Agriculture and Livestock Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on Duplication in State-financed Agricultural Research Programs Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on Shortages of Agricultural Equipment and Chemicals (Vice Chair) Insurance Natural Resources Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Crisis in Rural Areas (Vice Chair) Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oil and Gas
62nd 3rd C.S. - 1972 Revenue and Taxation
62nd R.S. - 1971 Agriculture Coordination of State and Federal Air Quality Standards Engrossed and Enrolled Bills Liquor Regulation Parks and Wildlife Public Health Revenue and Taxation, Interim
61st R.S. - 1969 Congressional and Legislative Districts Insurance Liquor Regulation Parks and Wildlife Penitentiaries

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