united states house of representatives elections , 1948 

Statements about this table:
the average year an incumbent be first elect be 1937
jesse m comb have the largest margin of victory in an election that have more than 1 candidate
2 incumbent be not re - elect due to retirement from their position
eugene worley be first elect 6 year before omar burleson
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 1
wright patman
democratic
1928
re - elected
wright patman (d) unopposed
texas 2
jesse m combs
democratic
1944
re - elected
jesse m combs (d) 93.3% don parker (r) 6.7%
texas 4
sam rayburn
democratic
1912
re - elected
sam rayburn (d) unopposed
texas 7
tom pickett
democratic
1944
re - elected
tom pickett (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 9
clark w thompson
democratic
1947
re - elected
clark w thompson (d) unopposed
texas 10
lyndon b johnson
democratic
1937
retired to run for us senate democratic hold
homer thornberry (d) unopposed
texas 13
ed gossett
democratic
1938
re - elected
ed gossett (d) unopposed
texas 15
milton h west
democratic
1933
retired democratic hold
lloyd bentsen (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 17
omar burleson
democratic
1946
re - elected
omar burleson (d) unopposed
texas 18
eugene worley
democratic
1940
re - elected
eugene worley (d) 88.7% j evetts haley (r) 11.3%
texas 20
paul j kilday
democratic
1938
re - elected
paul j kilday (d) 75.3% j p ledvina (r) 24.7%