Session	Election type	Speaker	Documents	Candidates on final ballot
88th R.S.	Record Vote	Dade Phelan	View	Dade Phelan (145), Tony Tinderhold (3), present-not voting (2)
87th R.S.	Record Vote	Dade Phelan	View	Dade Phelan: yeas (143), nays (2), present-not voting (0)
86th R.S.	Record Vote	Dennis Bonnen	View	Dennis Bonnen: yeas (147), nays (0), present-not voting (0)
85th R.S.	Record Vote	Joe Straus	View	Joe Straus: yeas (150), nays (0), present-not voting (0)
84th R.S.	Record Vote	Joe Straus	View	Joe Straus (127), Scott Turner (19)
83rd R.S.	Acclamation	Joe Straus	View	Joe Straus
82nd R.S.	Record Vote	Joe Straus	View	Joe Straus: yeas (132), nays (15), present-not voting (2)
81st R.S.	Acclamation	Joe Straus	View	Joe Straus
80th R.S.	Record Vote	Tom Craddick	View	Tom Craddick: yeas(121), nays(27), present-not voting(0)
79th R.S.	Record Vote	Tom Craddick	View	Tom Craddick: yeas (142), nays (4), present-not voting (1)
78th R.S.	Record Vote	Tom Craddick	View	Tom Craddick; yeas (149), nays (1)
77th R.S.	Acclamation	James E. "Pete" Laney	View	James E. "Pete" Laney
76th R.S.	Acclamation	James E. "Pete" Laney	View	James E. "Pete" Laney
75th R.S.	Acclamation	James E. "Pete" Laney	View	James E. "Pete" Laney
74th R.S.	Acclamation	James E. "Pete" Laney	View	James E. "Pete" Laney
73rd R.S.	Acclamation	James E. "Pete" Laney	View	James E. "Pete" Laney
72nd R.S.	Record Vote	Gib Lewis	View	Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (146), nays (1), present-not voting (2)
71st R.S.	Record Vote	Gib Lewis	View	Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (149), nays (0), present-not voting (1)
70th R.S.	Acclamation	Gib Lewis	View	Gibson D. Lewis
69th R.S.	Acclamation	Gib Lewis	View	Gibson D. Lewis
68th R.S.	Record Vote	Gib Lewis	View	Gibson D. Lewis; yeas (144), nays (2), present- not voting (2)
67th R.S.	Record Vote	Bill Clayton	View	Bill Clayton; yeas (120), nays (21), not voting (8)
66th R.S.	Record Vote	Bill Clayton	View	Bill Clayton; yeas (137), nays (8), not voting (4)
65th R.S.	Acclamation	Bill Clayton	View	Bill Clayton
64th R.S.	Record Vote	Bill Clayton	View	Bill Clayton (112), Carl Parker (33), present-not voting (3)
63rd R.S.	Motion	Price Daniel, Jr.	View	Price Daniel, Sr.; present-not-voting (5)
62nd 2nd C.S.		Gus Mutscher	View	Resignation letter of Gus Mutscher, dated 3/27/72 and effective upon the election of his successor, was laid before the House on 3/28/72.
62nd 2nd C.S.	Record Vote	Rayford Price	View	Rayford Price (77), L.DeWitt Hale (65).
62nd 2nd C.S.	Appointed	James L. Slider	View	James L. Slider appointed to call the House to order by Gus Mutscher in his letter resigning as Speaker upon the election of his successor.
62nd R.S.	Acclamation	Gus Mutscher	View	G.F. Mutscher
61st R.S.	Acclamation	Gus Mutscher	View	G.F. Mutscher
60th R.S.	Acclamation	Ben Barnes	View	Ben Barnes
59th R.S.	Acclamation	Ben Barnes	View	Ben Barnes
58th R.S.	Secret ballot	Byron M. Tunnell	View	Byron M. Tunnell (141), John C. Alaniz (9)
57th R.S.	Secret ballot	James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman	View	James A. Turman (83), Wade F. Spilman (66)
56th R.S.	Secret ballot	Waggoner Carr	View	Waggoner Carr (79), Joe Burkett, Jr. (71)
55th R.S.	Acclamation	Waggoner Carr	View	Waggoner Carr
54th R.S.	Acclamation	Jim T. Lindsey	View	Jim Lindsey
53rd R.S.	Acclamation	Reuben E. Senterfitt	View	Reuben E. Senterfitt
52nd R.S.	Acclamation	Reuben E. Senterfitt	View	Reuben E. Senterfitt
51st R.S.	Secret, Acclamation	Durwood Manford	View	Durwood Manford, Joe M. Kilgore; while the vote was being counted, Kilgore moved that Manford be elected by acclamation; motion prevailed unanimously; motion prevailed to destroy all ballots cast
50th R.S.	Acclamation	William Otey Reed	View	W.O. Reed
49th R.S.	Acclamation	Claud Henry Gilmer	View	Claud Gilmer
48th R.S.	Acclamation	Price Daniel, Sr.	View	Price Daniel, Sr.
47th R.S.	Acclamation	Homer LaKirby Leonard	View	Homer Leonard
46th R.S.	Acclamation	Robert Emmett Morse	View	R. Emmett Morse
45th R.S.	Acclamation	Robert Wilburn Calvert	View	Robert W. Calvert
44th R.S.	Secret, Acclamation	Coke Robert Stevenson	View	Coke R. Stevenson (80), Robert W. Calvert (68); the vote being cast and counted, Calvert moved that the Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed
43rd R.S.	Secret, Acclamation	Coke Robert Stevenson	View	Coke R. Stevenson (82), A.P. Johnson (68); the vote being cast and counted, Johnson moved that the temporary Chief Clerk be instructed to cast the entire vote of the House for Stevenson; motion prevailed.
42nd R.S.	Acclamation	Fred Hawthorne Minor	View	Fred. H. Minor
41st R.S.	Secret, Acclamation	Wingate Stuart Barron	View	W.S. Barron (87), W.R. Montgomery (59); the vote being deposited and counted, Montgomery moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Barron
40th R.S.	Acclamation	Robert Lee Bobbitt	View	R.L. Bobbitt
39th R.S.	Secret	Lee Satterwhite	View	Lee Satterwhite (78), T.K. Irwin (57), J.W. Hall (10); Satterwhite having been declared the winner by the Secretary of State, Irwin moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Satterwhite
38th R.S.	Secret	Richard Ernest Seagler	View	R.E. Seagler (127), Lewis T. Carpenter (19); Seagler having been declared the winner, Carpenter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Seagler
37th R.S.	Secret	Charles Graham Thomas	View	Chas G. Thomas (134)
36th R.S.	Secret	Robert Ewing Thomason	View	R.E. Thomason (134)
35th R.S.	Secret	Franklin Oliver Fuller	View	F.O. Fuller (140)
34th R.S.	Secret	John William Woods	View	John B. Woods (72), Newt B. Williams (57), H.B. Savage (10); Woods having been declared the winner, Williams moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Woods.
33rd R.S.	Secret	Chester Hunter Terrell	View	Chester H. Terrell (87), W.C. McKamy (51), J.C. Hunt (1); Terrell having been declared the winner, McKamy moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Terrell.
32nd R.S.	Secret	Sam Rayburn	View	Sam Rayburn (70), C.E. Gilmore (63); Rayburn having been declared the winner, Gilmore moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Rayburn.
31st 1st C.S.	Secret	Austin Milton Kennedy	View	Following his call to order of the session, Austin Kennedy delivered a resignation speech.
31st 1st C.S.	Secret	John Wesley Marshall	View	John Marshall (104), A.M. Kennedy (2), Sam Rayburn (4), John A. Mobley (1).
31st R.S.	Secret	Austin Milton Kennedy	View	A. M. Kennedy (69), John A. Mobley (63); prior to the counting of the ballots, Mobley successfully moved that Kennedy be unanimously elected speaker.
30th R.S.	Secret	Thomas Bell Love	View	Thos B. Love (87); H.B. Terrell (45)
29th R.S.	Secret	Francis William Seabury	View	F. W. Seabury (126)
28th R.S.	Secret	Pat Morris Neff	View	Pat Neff (73), L.S. Schluter (57); Neff having been declared the winner, Schluter moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Neff.
27th R.S.	Secret	Robert Emmett Prince	View	Prince (125)
26th R.S.	Secret	James Stevens Sherrill	View	Sherrill (70), Bailey (54); Sherrill having been declared the winner, Bailey moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Sherrill.
25th R.S.	Secret	L. Travis Dashiell	View	Dashiell (120), Burney (8); Dashiell having been elected, Burney moved that the entire vote of the House be cast for Dashiell.
24th R.S.	Secret	Thomas Slater Smith	View	Smith (102), Floyd (22); Smith having been elected, Floyd moved that the entire vote of the house be cast for Smith.
23rd R.S.	Secret	John Hughes Cochran	View	Cochran (63), Gosset (35), Wilson (20)
22nd R.S.	Secret	Robert Teague Milner	View	Milner (53), Browning (50)
21st R.S.	Secret	Franklin Pierce Alexander	View	Alexander (103)
20th R.S.	Secret	George Cassety Pendleton	View	Pendleton (103)
19th R.S.	Secret	Lafayette Lumpkin Foster	View	Foster (56), Upton (49)
18th R.S.	Secret	Charles Reese Gibson	View	C. R. Gibson (64), W.F. Upton (33)
17th R.S.	Secret	George Robertson Reeves	View	George Reeves (50), George Finlay (35), Hill (1)
16th R.S.	Secret	John Hughes Cochran	View	Dan Cochran (57), Guy Bryan (26), M.D.K. Taylor (4), Smith of Harris (1)
15th R.S.	Secret	Thomas Reuben Bonner	View	T.R. Bonner (45), D.U. Barziza (43)
14th R.S.	Secret	Guy Morrison Bryan	View	Guy M. Bryan (75), B.H. Epperson (2)
13th R.S.	Secret	Marion DeKalb Taylor	View	M.D.K. Taylor (67), W.A. Ellett (10)
12th Provisional	Acclamation	Ira Hobart Evans	View	Ira H. Evans
12th R.S.	Acclamation	Ira Hobart Evans	View	Ira H. Evans
12th R.S.		William Henry Sinclair	View	William Henry Sinclair (42); L.B. Camp (12); B.F. Williams (10); A. Dorris (3); Other (5)
11th R.S.	Secret	Nathaniel Macon Burford	View	N.M. Burford (39), Smith (30)
10th R.S.	Secret	Marion DeKalb Taylor	View	M.D.K. Taylor (45), Buckley(18)
9th 1st C.S.	Secret	Constantine W. Buckley	View	C.W. Buckley (54), Flewellen (5), Smith (1)
9th R.S.		Constantine W. Buckley	View	C.W. Buckley
9th R.S.		Nicholas Henry Darnell	View	Nicolas Henry Darnell
8th R.S.	Secret	Marion DeKalb Taylor	View	M.D.K. Taylor (42), Darnell ( 33)
7th R.S.	Secret	Willliam S. Taylor	View	William S. Taylor
7th R.S.	Secret	Matthew F. Locke	View	Matthew Fielding Locke (39), Dennis (14), Brown (13), blank (1)
6th R.S.	Secret	Hamilton Prioleau Bee	View	H.P. Bee (78), N.B. Charlton (1), Kittrell (1), Blank (1)
5th R.S.	Secret	Hardin Richard Runnels	View	H.R. Runnels (41), William Fields (37), Blank (1)
4th R.S.	Secret	David Catchings Dickson	View	Dickson (30), Runnels (27)
3rd R.S.	Secret	Charles G. Keenan	View	Keenan (27), Tarrant (16)
2nd R.S.	Secret	James Wilson Henderson	View	J.W. Henderson (34), M.B. Lamar (24)
1st R.S.	Secret	William Edmond Crump	View	W.E. Crump (27), E.T. Branch (8), J.W. Rose (7)
1st R.S.	Secret	John 'Red' Brown	View	John Brown (32), William H. Bourland (23), none (1)
1st R.S.	Secret	Stephen William Perkins	View	Stephen Perkins (42), John Brown (1), Edward Clark (2), Benjamin Gooch (1), Volney Howard (1), blank (1)
1st R.S.	Secret	William Howard Bourland	View	William H. Bourland (48), Echols (1), Darnell (1), Tankersly (2), Smith(1), blank (1)
1st R.S.	Secret	Edward Thomas Branch	View	Edward Branch (31), Edward Clark (21), blank (1)
1st R.S.	Secret	William Edmond Crump	View	W.E. Crump (42), Edward Branch (14), Edward Clark (1), Benjamin Gooch (1)

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