Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Tom Craddick

Full Name: Thomas Russell "Tom" Craddick

Terms of Service

House, 88th Legislature
1/10/2023 - 1/14/2025
Republican
Dean of the House, 2/8/2023.
House, 87th Legislature
1/12/2021 - 1/10/2023
Republican
Dean of the House, 2/4/2021.
House, 86th Legislature
1/8/2019 - 1/12/2021
Republican
Dean of the House, 1/23/2019.
House, 85th Legislature
1/10/2017 - 1/8/2019
Republican
Dean of the House, 2/9/2017.
House, 84th Legislature
1/13/2015 - 1/10/2017
Republican
House, 83rd Legislature
1/8/2013 - 1/13/2015
Republican
Dean of the House, 1/31/2013.
House, 82nd Legislature
1/11/2011 - 1/8/2013
Republican
Dean of the House, 2/9/2011.
House, 81st Legislature
1/13/2009 - 1/11/2011
Republican
House, 80th Legislature
1/9/2007 - 1/13/2009
Republican
Speaker
House, 79th Legislature
1/11/2005 - 1/9/2007
Republican
Speaker
House, 78th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/2003 - 1/11/2005
Republican
Speaker
House, 77th Legislature
1/9/2001 - 1/14/2003
Republican
House, 76th Legislature
1/12/1999 - 1/9/2001
Republican
House, 75th Legislature
1/14/1997 - 1/12/1999
Republican
House, 74th Legislature
1/10/1995 - 1/14/1997
Republican
House, 73rd Legislature
1/12/1993 - 1/10/1995
Republican
House, 72nd Legislature
1/8/1991 - 1/12/1993
Republican
House, 71st Legislature
1/10/1989 - 1/8/1991
Republican
House, 70th Legislature
1/13/1987 - 1/10/1989
Republican
House, 69th Legislature
1/8/1985 - 1/13/1987
Republican
House, 68th Legislature
1/11/1983 - 1/8/1985
Republican
House, 67th Legislature
1/13/1981 - 1/11/1983
Republican
House, 66th Legislature
1/9/1979 - 1/13/1981
Republican
House, 65th Legislature
1/11/1977 - 1/9/1979
Republican
House, 64th Legislature
1/14/1975 - 1/11/1977
Republican
House, 63rd Legislature
1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
Republican
House, 62nd Legislature
1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
Republican
House, 61st Legislature
1/14/1969 - 1/12/1971
Republican

(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 Notes and Resources

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 .

Photographs

Photograph. Tom Craddick, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
Photograph. Tom Craddick, House Photography
Photograph. Tom Craddick, House Photography
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., Donated Material
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, Texas House of Representatives
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tom Craddick, Texas House of Representatives
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, Donated Material
Photograph. Parliamentarian Terry Keel with Speaker of the House Tom Craddick and deputy parliamentarian Ron Wilson. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, Donated Material
Photograph. Speaker of the House Tom Craddick and parliamentarian Terry Keel. 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, Donated Material
Photograph. Speaker of the House Tom Craddick with parliamentarians Terry Keel and Ron Wilson. 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, Donated Material
Photograph. Speaker Pro Tem Sylvester Turner, Speaker of the House Tom Craddick and parliamentarian Terry Keel. 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Keel, Donated Material
Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature 1995.
Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature 2005.

Other Resources

73rd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Craddick. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
"Tom Craddick: Lone Star Dealmaker," Summer 2022, pp. 45-49. State Legislatures .
Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas House of Representatives .
Biographical sketch, 78th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives .
Biographical sketch, 85th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives .
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 .
Craddick, Thomas Russell. Texas State Cemetery .