# Texas's 42nd House of Representatives district

District 42 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Richard Raymond since 2001.

## Geography

The district is located in Webb County, Texas.

## List of representatives

| Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties they represented |
| 3rd | Reuben E. Clements | Unknown | November 5, 1849 | November 3, 1851 | Cameron, Nueces, Starr, Webb |
| 4th | Andrew Jackson Hamilton | Democratic | November 3, 1851 | November 7, 1853 | Travis |
| 5th | William Francis Daniel | Unknown | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Falls, Freestone, Limestone |
| 6th | Milton Busby | Unknown | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | Falls, Freestone, Limestone |
| 7th | Thomas P. Aycock | Democratic | November 2, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | Falls, Freestone, Limestone |
| 8th | Aaron Perry Jr. | Democratic | November 7, 1859 | November 4, 1861 | Falls, Freestone, Limestone |
| 9th | Joseph Ward | Unknown | November 4, 1861 | January 14, 1862 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 10th | Edmund Gaines Pendleton | Unknown | November 2, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 10th | John Henry Prince | Unknown | November 2, 1863 | April 18, 1864 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 10th | Vacant | — | April 18, 1864 | May 4, 1864 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 10th | William Russell Shannon | Democratic | May 4, 1864 | August 6, 1866 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 11th | Benjamin P. Hendley | Unknown | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 11th | C. L. Jordan | Unknown | August 8, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
| 12th | Vacant | — | February 7, 1870 | January 14, 1873 | — |
| 13th | Vacant | — | January 14, 1873 | January 13, 1874 | — |
| 14th | Vacant | — | January 13, 1874 | April 18, 1876 | — |
| 15th | Elias Brooks Smyth | Democratic | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Limestone |
| 16th | James Petty Brown | Democratic | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | Limestone |
| 17th | Lafayette Lumpkin Foster | Democratic | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | Limestone |
| 18th | John Marks Moore | Democratic | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens |
| 19th | Joseph T. Webb | Democratic | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens |
| 20th | Alexander Hamilton Latimer | Prohibitionist Democrat | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens |
| 21st | Charles Ulrich Connellee | Democratic | January 8, 1889 | January 10, 1891 | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens |
| 22nd | Charles Ulrich Connellee | Democratic | January 10, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens |
| 23rd | Martin McHenry Kenney | Democratic | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Austin |
| 24th | Charles Langhammer | Democratic | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | Austin |
| 25th | Frank Lotto | Democratic | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | Austin |
| 26th | Dethloff Willrodt | Democratic | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | Austin |
| 27th | Charles Cantrell Glenn | Democratic | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | Austin |
| 28th | William Jackson Bryant | Democratic | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Limestone |
| 29th | William Jackson Bryant | Democratic | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | Limestone |
| 30th | George A. Bell | Democratic | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | Limestone |
| 31st | Lucius Pat Leach | Democratic | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | Limestone |
| 32nd | Lucius Pat Leach | Democratic | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | Limestone |
| 33rd | James Leonard Webb | Democratic | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Grayson |
| 33rd | Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | Democratic | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Grayson |
| 34th | Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | Democratic | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | Grayson |
| 34th | Dan Scott McMillin | Democratic | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | Grayson |
| 35th | Dan Scott McMillin | Democratic | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | Grayson |
| 35th | Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | Democratic | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | Grayson |
| 36th | Icil Burchett "Ice" Reeves | Democratic | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | Grayson |
| 36th | Dan Scott McMillin | Democratic | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | Grayson |
| 37th | Humboldt Cummins | Democratic | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | Grayson |
| 37th | Joseph Robert Westbrook | Democratic | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | Grayson |
| 38th | Clifford Eugene Dinkle | Democratic | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Hunt, Rains |
| 39th | Clifford Eugene Dinkle | Democratic | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | Hunt, Rains |
| 40th | Selby Evans Barnett | Democratic | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | Hunt, Rains |
| 41st | Selby Evans Barnett | Democratic | January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 | Hunt, Rains |
| 42nd | Benjamin Franklin Vaughn | Democratic | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | Hunt, Rains |
| 43rd | Benjamin Franklin Vaughn | Democratic | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | Hunt, Rains |
| 44th | Jesse Elbert Roach | Democratic | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | Hunt, Rains |
| 45th | Louis Mountville Lankford | Democratic | January 12, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | Hunt, Rains |
| 46th | Robert Graham Piner | Democratic | January 10, 1939 | January 13, 1941 | Hunt, Rains |
| 47th | William Leonard Carlton | Democratic | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | Hunt, Rains |
| 48th | William Leonard Carlton | Democratic | January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | Hunt, Rains |
| 49th | Edward P. Mangum | Democratic | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | Hunt, Rains |
| 50th | Joseph Ogden Berry | Democratic | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | Hunt, Rains |
| 51st | William Agnew Swindell | Democratic | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | Hunt, Rains |
| 52nd | William Agnew Swindell | Democratic | January 9, 1951 | July 5, 1951 (resigned) | Hunt, Rains |
| 52nd | Vacant | — | July 5, 1951 | November 13, 1951 | Hunt, Rains |
| 52nd | Robert Edgar Hutchins Jr. | Democratic | November 13, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | Hunt, Rains |
| 53rd | Jimmy Ralph Morris | Democratic | January 13, 1953 | July 15, 1954 (resigned) | Navarro |
| 53rd | Vacant | — | July 15, 1954 | January 11, 1955 | Navarro |
| 54th | Robert Clifton Jackson | Democratic | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | Navarro |
| 55th | Robert Clifton Jackson | Democratic | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | Navarro |
| 56th | Robert Clifton Jackson | Democratic | January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | Navarro |
| 57th | Paul Williams Curington | Democratic | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | Navarro |
| 58th | Ronald Edd Roberts | Democratic | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Hill, Navarro |
| 59th | Ronald Edd Roberts | Democratic | January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | Hill, Navarro |
| 60th | Joseph Terry Newman | Democratic | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio |
| 61st | Joseph Terry Newman | Democratic | January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca |
| 62nd | Tim Von Dohlen | Democratic | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca |
| 63rd | William G. "Bill" Coody | Democratic | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Parker, Tarrant |
| 64th | William G. "Bill" Coody | Democratic | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | Parker, Tarrant |
| 65th | William G. "Bill" Coody | Democratic | January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 | Parker, Tarrant |
| 66th | William G. "Bill" Coody | Democratic | January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | Parker, Tarrant |
| 67th | William G. "Bill" Coody | Democratic | January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | Parker, Tarrant |
| 68th | Antonio C. "Tony" Garcia | Democratic | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Hidalgo |
| 69th | Antonio C. "Tony" Garcia | Democratic | January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | Hidalgo |
| 70th | Renato Cuellar | Democratic | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | Hidalgo |
| 71st | Renato Cuellar | Democratic | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | Hidalgo |
| 72nd | Renato Cuellar | Democratic | January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | Hidalgo |
| 73rd | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Webb |
| 74th | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | Webb |
| 75th | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | Webb |
| 76th | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | January 12, 1999 | January 2, 2001 | Webb |
| 77th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 24, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | Webb |
| 78th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | Webb |
| 79th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | Webb |
| 80th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | Webb |
| 81st | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | Webb |
| 82nd | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | Webb |
| 83rd | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 | Webb |
| 84th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | Webb |
| 85th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | Webb |
| 86th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2012 | Webb |
| 87th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 12, 2021 | January 10, 2023 | Webb |
| 88th | Richard Peña Raymond | Democratic | January 10, 2023 | January 14, 2025 | Webb |