# Texas's 4th House of Representatives district

District 4 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).
The district has been represented by Republican Keith Bell since January 8, 2019, upon his initial election to the Texas House.
As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses all of Kaufman County and the northwestern portion of Henderson County. Major cities in the district include Forney, Kaufman, and Terrell, and the majority of Athens. The district also includes the main campus of Trinity Valley Community College and all of Cedar Creek Reservoir.

## List of representatives

| Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties represented |
| 3rd | Alfred Elkins Pace | Unknown | November 5, 1849 | September 7, 1850 | Fannin |
| 3rd | Vacant | N/A | September 7, 1850 | November 18, 1850 | Fannin |
| 3rd | Harrison G. Hendricks | Unknown | November 18, 1850 | November 3, 1851 | Fannin |
| 4th | Randolph C. Doom | Unknown | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Jasper, Newton, Sabine |
| 4th | Joshua H. Speights | Unknown | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Jasper, Newton, Sabine |
| 5th | Robert H. Taylor | Unknown | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Fannin |
| 6th | Thomas N. Pettus | Unknown | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | Fannin |
| 7th | Gideon W. Smith | Unknown | November 2, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | Fannin |
| 8th | Robert H. Taylor | Unknown | November 7, 1859 | November 4, 1861 | Fannin |
| 9th | Lipscomb Norvell Jr. | Unknown | November 4, 1861 | January 14, 1862 | Jasper, Newton |
| 9th | Vacant | N/A | January 14, 1862 | August 4, 1862 | Jasper, Newton |
| 9th | W. T. Roberts | Unknown | August 4, 1862 | February 1, 1863 | Jasper, Newton |
| 10th | A. N. Perkins | Unknown | November 2, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | Jasper, Newton |
| 11th | Randolph C. Doom | Unknown | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | Jasper, Newton |
| 12th | John M. Morrison | Republican | February 8, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt |
| 12th | J. M. Manning | Republican | February 8, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt |
| 12th | Winfield B. Stirman | Democratic | February 11, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt |
| 13th | John M. McDonald | Democratic | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt |
| 13th 14th | James Eastland | Democratic | January 14, 1873 | April 18, 1876 | Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt |
| 13th 14th | James M. Harrison | Democratic | January 14, 1873 | April 18, 1876 | Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt |
| 14th | A. D. Edwards | Democratic | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt |
| 14th | William M. Lindsey | Democratic | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt |
| 15th | Alexander Horton | Democratic | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Sabine, San Augustine |
| 16th | James T. Polley | Democratic | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | Sabine, San Augustine |
| 17th | James T. Polley | Democratic | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | Sabine, San Augustine |
| 18th | Jesse J. Watkins | Democratic | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
| 19th | George F. Ingraham | Democratic | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
| 20th | James L. Gilliland | Democratic | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
| 21st | James Linn Crossland | Democratic | January 8, 1889 | January 13, 1891 | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
| 22nd | Elias B. Lewis | Democratic | January 13, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
| 23rd | Alvin B. Baker | Democratic | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Red River |
| 24th | J. M. Nix | Populist | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | Red River |
| 25th | Preston W. Henderson | Democratic | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | Red River |
| 26th | Charles M. Chambers | Democratic | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | Red River |
| 27th | Richard H. Wells | Democratic | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | Red River |
| 28th | Elvis A. Calvin | Democratic | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Lamar |
| 28th | William M. Hodges | Democratic | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Lamar |
| 29th | Clarence Sperry | Democratic | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | Lamar |
| 29th | James C. Mason | Democratic | February 2, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | Lamar |
| 30th | Clarence Sperry | Democratic | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | Lamar |
| 30th | James C. Mason | Democratic | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | Lamar |
| 31st | James C. Mason | Democratic | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | Lamar |
| 31st | Charles Roach | Democratic | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | Lamar |
| 32nd | Columbus A. Martin | Democratic | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | Lamar |
| 32nd | Robert L. McDowra | Democratic | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | Lamar |
| 33rd | James B. Furrh | Democratic | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Harrison |
| 34th | James B. Furrh | Democratic | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | Harrison |
| 35th | Madison M. O'Banion | Democratic | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | Harrison |
| 36th | Madison M. O'Banion | Democratic | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | Harrison |
| 37th | Virgil D. Fugler | Democratic | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | Harrison |
| 38th | Virgil D. Fugler | Democratic | January 9, 1923 | July 20, 1924 | Harrison |
| 38th | James M. Perdue | Democratic | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Camp, Upshur |
| 39th | James M. Perdue | Democratic | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | Camp, Upshur |
| 40th | Jefferson D. Bass | Democratic | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | Camp, Upshur |
| 41st | Thurman W. Adkins | Democratic | January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 | Camp, Upshur |
| 42nd | Thurman W. Adkins | Democratic | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | Camp, Upshur |
| 43rd | Otis T. Dunagan | Democratic | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | Camp, Upshur |
| 44th | Otis T. Dunagan | Democratic | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | Camp, Upshur |
| 45th | Lindley Beckworth | Democratic | January 12, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | Camp, Upshur |
| 46th | Matt Davis | Democratic | January 10, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | Camp, Upshur |
| 47th | Noel C. Baker | Democratic | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | Camp, Upshur |
| 48th | Noel C. Baker | Democratic | January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | Camp, Upshur |
| 49th | Noel C. Baker | Democratic | January 9, 1945 | November 17, 1945 | Camp, Upshur |
| 49th | Vacant | N/A | November 17, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | Camp, Upshur |
| 50th | Surry Turner | Democratic | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | Camp, Upshur |
| 51st | Surry Turner | Democratic | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | Camp, Upshur |
| 52nd | Julius Otto Duncan | Democratic | January 9, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | Camp, Upshur |
| 53rd | Reagan R. Huffman | Democratic | January 13, 1953 | January 11, 1955 | Harrison |
| 54th | Reagan R. Huffman | Democratic | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | Harrison |
| 55th | Reagan R. Huffman | Democratic | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | Harrison |
| 56th | Reagan R. Huffman | Democratic | January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | Harrison |
| 57th | Lonnie Nelson Cowles | Democratic | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | Harrison |
| 58th | Guy V. McDonald | Democratic | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Panola, Rusk |
| 59th | Guy V. McDonald | Democratic | January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | Panola, Rusk |
| 60th | Steve A. Burgess | Democratic | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby |
| 61st | Steve A. Burgess | Democratic | January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby |
| 62nd | Steve A. Burgess | Democratic | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby |
| 63rd | Roy Blake, Sr. | Democratic | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 64th | Roy Blake, Sr. | Democratic | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 65th | Roy Blake, Sr. | Democratic | January 11, 1977 | January 10, 1978 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 65th | Vacant | N/A | January 10, 1978 | March 1, 1978 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 65th | Bill Haley | Democratic | March 1, 1978 | January 9, 1979 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 66th | Bill Haley | Democratic | January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 67th | Bill Haley | Democratic | January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby |
| 68th | Gordon Arnold Jr. | Democratic | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 69th | Gordon Arnold Jr. | Democratic | January 8, 1985 | August 14, 1985 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 69th | Vacant | N/A | August 14, 1985 | December 18, 1985 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 69th | William K. Oakley | Democratic | December 18, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 70th | William K. Oakley | Democratic | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 71st | William K. Oakley | Democratic | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 72nd | William K. Oakley | Democratic | January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | Ellis, Kaufman |
| 73rd | William K. Oakley | Democratic | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Hunt, Kaufman |
| 74th | William K. Oakley | Democratic | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | Hunt, Kaufman |
| 75th | William K. Oakley | Democratic | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | Hunt, Kaufman |
| 76th | Betty Brown | Republican | January 12, 1999 | January 9, 2001 | Hunt, Kaufman |
| 77th | Betty Brown | Republican | January 9, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | Hunt, Kaufman |
| 78th | Betty Brown | Republican | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 79th | Betty Brown | Republican | January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 80th | Betty Brown | Republican | January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 81st | Betty Brown | Republican | January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 82nd | Lance Gooden | Republican | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 83rd | Lance Gooden | Republican | January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 84th | Stuart Spitzer | Republican | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 85th | Lance Gooden | Republican | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 86th | Keith Bell | Republican | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 87th | Keith Bell | Republican | January 12, 2021 | January 10, 2023 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 88th | Keith Bell | Republican | January 10, 2023 | January 14, 2025 | Henderson, Kaufman |
| 89th | Keith Bell | Republican | January 14, 2025 | Present | Henderson, Kaufman |