Texas's 42nd House of Representatives district
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative district|state=Texas|image=TxHouse2022District42.svg|district=42|chamber=House of Representatives|representative=Richard Raymond|party=Democratic|residence=Laredo|Democratic=|Republican=|NPP=|percent_white=|percent_black=|percent_hispanic=|percent_asian=|percent_native_american=|percent_pacific_islander=|percent_other_race=|percent_remainder_of_multiracial=|population=|population_year=|voting_age=|citizen_voting_age=|registered=|notes=}}District 42 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Richard Raymond since 2001.{{Cite web |title=Texas House of Representatives District 42 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_House_of_Representatives_District_42 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Geography
The district is located in Webb County, Texas.
List of representatives
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! Leg. ! Portrait ! Representative ! Party ! Term start ! Term end ! Counties they represented |
| 3rd
| | Unknown | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 |
| 4th
| File:Gen. Andrew Hamilton, Texas U.S.A. LOC cwpb.06778.jpg | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Travis |
| 5th
| | rowspan=2| Unknown | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 |
| 6th
| | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 |
| 7th
| |rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | November 2, 1857 | November 7, 1859 |
| 8th
| | November 7, 1859 | November 4, 1861 |
| 9th
| | rowspan=3| Unknown | November 4, 1861 | January 14, 1862 |
| rowspan=4| 10th
| | November 2, 1863 | August 6, 1866 |
| | John Henry Prince
| November 2, 1863 | April 18, 1864 |
| | Vacant
| {{n/a}} | April 18, 1864 | May 4, 1864 |
| | William Russell Shannon
| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | May 4, 1864 | August 6, 1866 |
| rowspan=2| 11th
| | rowspan=2| Unknown | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 |
| | C. L. Jordan
| August 8, 1866 | February 7, 1870 |
| 12th
| rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| Vacant | {{n/a}} | February 7, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | {{n/a}} |
| 13th
| {{n/a}} | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | {{n/a}} |
| 14th
| {{n/a}} | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | {{n/a}} |
| 15th
| | rowspan=5 {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | rowspan=3|Limestone |
| 16th
| | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 |
| 17th
| File:Llfoster(circa1887).jpg | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 |
| 18th
| | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | rowspan=5| Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens |
| 19th
| | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 |
| 20th
| | {{party shading/Prohibition}}|Prohibitionist Democrat | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 |
| 21st
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Charles Ulrich Connellee | rowspan=37 {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | January 8, 1889 | January 10, 1891 |
| 22nd
| January 10, 1891 | January 10, 1893 |
| 23rd
| | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | rowspan=5|Austin |
| 24th
| | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 |
| 25th
| | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 |
| 26th
| | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 |
| 27th
| | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 |
| 28th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| William Jackson Bryant | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | rowspan=5| Limestone |
| 29th
| January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 |
| 30th
| | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 |
| 31st
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Lucius Pat Leach | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 |
| 32nd
| January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 |
| rowspan=2| 33rd
| | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | rowspan=10|Grayson |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 |
| rowspan=2| 34th
| January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|Dan Scott McMillin | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 |
| rowspan=2| 35th
| January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 |
| rowspan=2| 36th
| January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 |
| | Dan Scott McMillin
| January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 |
| rowspan=2| 37th
| | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 |
| | Joseph Robert Westbrook
| January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 |
| 38th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Clifford Eugene Dinkle | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 |
| 39th
| January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 |
| 40th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Selby Evans Barnett | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 |
| 41st
| January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 |
| 42nd
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Benjamin Franklin Vaughn | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 |
| 43rd
| January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 |
| 44th
| | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 |
| 45th
| | January 12, 1937 | January 10, 1939 |
| 46th
| | January 10, 1939 | January 13, 1941 |
| 47th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| William Leonard Carlton | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 |
| 48th
| January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 |
| 49th
| | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 |
| 50th
| | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 |
| 51st
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| William Agnew Swindell | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 |
| rowspan=3| 52nd
| January 9, 1951 | July 5, 1951 (resigned) |
| | Vacant
| {{n/a}} | July 5, 1951 | November 13, 1951 |
| | Robert Edgar Hutchins Jr.
| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | November 13, 1951 | January 13, 1953 |
| rowspan=2| 53rd
| | January 13, 1953 | July 15, 1954 (resigned) | rowspan=6| Navarro |
| | Vacant
| {{n/a}} | July 15, 1954 | January 11, 1955 |
| 54th
| rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| Robert Clifton Jackson | rowspan=35 {{party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 |
| 55th
| January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 |
| 56th
| January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 |
| 57th
| | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 |
| 58th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Ronald Edd Roberts | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 |
| 59th
| January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 |
| 60th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Joseph Terry Newman | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 |
| 61st
| January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 |
| 62nd
| | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 |
| 63rd
| rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| William G. "Bill" Coody | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 |
| 64th
| January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 |
| 65th
| January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 |
| 66th
| January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 |
| 67th
| January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 |
| 68th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Antonio C. "Tony" Garcia | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | rowspan=5| Hidalgo |
| 69th
| January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 |
| 70th
| rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| Renato Cuellar | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 |
| 71st
| January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 |
| 72nd
| January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 |
| 73rd
| rowspan=4| File:Henry Cuellar 113th Congress.jpg | rowspan=4| Henry Cuellar | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | rowspan=16| Webb |
| 74th
| January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 |
| 75th
| January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 |
| 76th
| January 12, 1999 | January 2, 2001 |
| 77th
| rowspan=12| | rowspan=12| Richard Peña Raymond | January 24, 2001 | January 14, 2003 |
| 78th
| January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 |
| 79th
| January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 |
| 80th
| January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 |
| 81st
| January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 |
| 82nd
| January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 |
| 83rd
| January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 |
| 84th
| January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 |
| 85th
| January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 |
| 86th
| January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2012 |
| 87th
| January 12, 2021 | January 10, 2023 |
| 88th
| January 10, 2023 | January 14, 2025 |
