# Texas's 83rd House of Representatives district

District 83 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. Following 2021 redistricting, the district represents the entirety of the following counties: Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, and Terry. In addition, the district represents a portion of Lubbock County. Since 2014, it has been represented by Republican Dustin Burrows.

## Representatives

| Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties represented |
| 18th | Alexander J. Leo Jr. | Democratic | January 9, 1883 | November 24, 1883 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 18th | Santos Benavides | Democratic | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 18th | John McAllen | Republican | January 9, 1884 | January 13, 1885 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 19th | Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr. | Democratic | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 19th | Thomas W. Kennedy | Democratic | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 20th | Thomas W. Kennedy, James Watterson Showalter | Democratic | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 21st | Thomas W. Kennedy, Albert Urbahn | Democratic | January 8, 1889 | January 13, 1891 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 22nd | Albert Urbahn, John James Dix Jr. | Democratic | January 13, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | Duval Hidalgo Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal |
| 23rd | A.G. Kennedy | Democratic | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Bee, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
| 24th | J. D. Mitchell | Democratic | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | Bee, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
| 25th | Thomas Carlysle McFarland | Democratic | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | Bee, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
| 26th | Thomas Carlysle McFarland | Democratic | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | Bee, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
| 27th | George Murat Thurmond | Democratic | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | Bee, Calhoun, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
| 28th | George F. Daugherty | Democratic | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Clay, Jack |
| 29th | George F. Daugherty | Democratic | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | Clay, Jack |
| 30th | James Isaac Ballengee | Democratic | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | Clay, Jack |
| 31st | James Isaac Ballengee | Democratic | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | Clay, Jack |
| 32nd | Edgar Pierce Haney | Democratic | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | Clay, Jack |
| 33rd | James Greenwood | Democratic | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Guadalupe |
| 34th | James Greenwood | Democratic | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | Guadalupe |
| 35th | Rudolph Tschoepe | Democratic | January 9, 1917 | September 29, 1917 | Guadalupe |
| 35th | George Justus Kempen | Unaffiliated | May 15, 1918 | January 14, 1919 | Guadalupe |
| 36th | Herman August Heideke | Republican | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | Guadalupe |
| 37th | Egbert Schweppe | Republican | January 11, 1921 | October 18, 1922 | Guadalupe |
| 38th | Claud Duval Teer | Democratic | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Williamson |
| 39th | Claud Duval Teer | Democratic | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | Williamson |
| 40th | Claud Duval Teer | Democratic | January 11, 1927 | September 20, 1927 | Williamson |
| 41st | Harry Newton Graves | Democratic | January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 | Williamson |
| 42nd | Harry Newton Graves | Democratic | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | Williamson |
| 43rd | Harry Newton Graves | Democratic | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | Williamson |
| 44th | Harry Newton Graves | Democratic | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | Williamson |
| 45th | Harry Newton Graves | Democratic | January 12, 1937 | October 28, 1937 | Williamson |
| 45th | Robert Gottfried Stoll | Democratic | July 23, 1938 | January 10, 1939 | Williamson |
| 46th | Robert Gottfried Stoll | Democratic | January 10, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | Williamson |
| 47th | Duncan Spence Hughes | Democratic | January 14, 1941 | August 16, 1942 | Williamson |
| 48th | Frank G. Svadlenak | Democratic | January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | Williamson |
| 49th | Frank G. Svadlenak | Democratic | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | Williamson |
| 50th | Frank G. Svadlenak | Democratic | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | Williamson |
| 51st | Frank G. Svadlenak | Democratic | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | Williamson |
| 52nd | Frank G. Svadlenak | Democratic | January 9, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | Williamson |
| 53rd | John Kimbrough | Democratic | January 13, 1953 | January 11, 1955 | Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 54th | Edward Jacob Cloud | Democratic | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 55th | Edward Jacob Cloud | Democratic | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 56th | Edward Jacob Cloud | Democratic | January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 57th | James Carl Wheatley | Democratic | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 58th | Roy Wade Arledge | Democratic | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Baylor, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 59th | Roy Wade Arledge | Democratic | January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | Baylor, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Throckmorton |
| 60th | Bill W. Barton | Democratic | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman |
| 63rd | Larry A. Vick | Republican | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Harris |
| 64th | Larry A. Vick | Republican | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | Harris |
| 65th | Chase Untermeyer | Republican | January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 | Harris |
| 66th | Chase Untermeyer | Republican | January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | Harris |
| 67th | Edgar Ashley Smith | Republican | January 27, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | Harris |
| 68th | Froylan D. Salinas | Democratic | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Lubbock |
| 69th | Ron D. Givens | Republican | January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | Lubbock |
| 70th | Ron D. Givens | Republican | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | Lubbock |
| 71st | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | Lubbock |
| 72nd | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | Lubbock |
| 73rd | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Lubbock |
| 74th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | Lubbock |
| 75th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | Lubbock |
| 76th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 12, 1999 | January 9, 2001 | Lubbock |
| 77th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 9, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | Lubbock |
| 78th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum |
| 79th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum |
| 80th | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum |
| 81st | Delwin Jones | Republican | January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum |
| 82nd | Charles Lee Perry | Republican | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum |
| 83rd | Charles Lee Perry | Republican | January 8, 2013 | September 30, 2014 | Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |
| 84th | Dustin Burrows | Republican | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |
| 85th | Dustin Burrows | Republican | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |
| 86th | Dustin Burrows | Republican | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |
| 87th | Dustin Burrows | Republican | January 12, 2021 | January 10, 2023 | Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |
| 88th | Dustin Burrows | Republican | January 10, 2023 | January 14, 2025 | Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |
| 89th | Dustin Burrows | Republican | January 14, 2025 | | Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry |