district               incumbent       party                  first elected                                        result                                       candidates
0    texas 1           wright patman  democratic                           1928                                  re - elected                      wright patman (d) unopposed
1    texas 2           jesse m combs  democratic                           1944                       retired democratic hold  jack brooks (d) 79.0% randolph c reed (r) 21.0%
2    texas 3       lindley beckworth  democratic                           1938  retired to run for us senate democratic hold                     brady p gentry (d) unopposed
3    texas 4             sam rayburn  democratic                           1912                                  re - elected                        sam rayburn (d) unopposed
4    texas 5  joseph franklin wilson  democratic                           1946                                  re - elected             joseph franklin wilson (d) unopposed
5    texas 6           olin e teague  democratic                           1946                                  re - elected                      olin e teague (d) unopposed
6    texas 7              john dowdy  democratic  september 23 , 1952 (special)                                  re - elected                         john dowdy (d) unopposed
7    texas 8   albert richard thomas  democratic                           1936                                  re - elected              albert richard thomas (d) unopposed
8    texas 9        clark w thompson  democratic                           1947                                  re - elected                   clark w thompson (d) unopposed
9   texas 10        homer thornberry  democratic                           1948                                  re - elected                   homer thornberry (d) unopposed
10  texas 11         william r poage  democratic                           1936                                  re - elected                    william r poage (d) unopposed
11  texas 12         wingate h lucas  democratic                           1946                                  re - elected                    wingate h lucas (d) unopposed
12  texas 13           frank n ikard  democratic                           1951                                  re - elected                      frank n ikard (d) unopposed
13  texas 14        john e lyle , jr  democratic                           1944                                  re - elected                   john e lyle , jr (d) unopposed
14  texas 15           lloyd bentsen  democratic                           1948                                  re - elected                      lloyd bentsen (d) unopposed
15  texas 16         kenneth m regan  democratic                           1947                                  re - elected                    kenneth m regan (d) unopposed
16  texas 17           omar burleson  democratic                           1946                                  re - elected                      omar burleson (d) unopposed
17  texas 18         walter e rogers  democratic                           1950                                  re - elected                    walter e rogers (d) unopposed
18  texas 19          george h mahon  democratic                           1934                                  re - elected                     george h mahon (d) unopposed
19  texas 20           paul j kilday  democratic                           1938                                  re - elected                      paul j kilday (d) unopposed
20  texas 21              o c fisher  democratic                           1942                                  re - elected                         o c fisher (d) unopposed

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