united states house of representatives elections , 1940 

Statements about this table:
clyde l garrett be the only representative to lose his nomination democratic hold
sam rayburn be the earliest listed representative
clyde l garrett be the latest listed representative
only 3 representative run against opposition
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 1
wright patman
democratic
1928
re - elected
wright patman (d) unopposed
texas 2
martin dies , jr
democratic
1930
re - elected
martin dies , jr (d) unopposed
texas 3
lindley beckworth
democratic
1938
re - elected
lindley beckworth (d) unopposed
texas 4
sam rayburn
democratic
1912
re - elected
sam rayburn (d) unopposed
texas 6
luther a johnson
democratic
1922
re - elected
luther a johnson (d) unopposed
texas 7
nat patton
democratic
1934
re - elected
nat patton (d) 98.2% dudley lawson (r) 1.8%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 9
joseph j mansfield
democratic
1916
re - elected
joseph j mansfield (d) unopposed
texas 10
lyndon b johnson
democratic
1937
re - elected
lyndon b johnson (d) unopposed
texas 11
william r poage
democratic
1936
re - elected
william r poage (d) unopposed
texas 12
fritz g lanham
democratic
1919
re - elected
fritz g lanham (d) unopposed
texas 13
ed gossett
democratic
1938
re - elected
ed gossett (d) 96.4% louis n gould (r) 3.6%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 14
richard m kleberg
democratic
1931
re - elected
richard m kleberg (d) unopposed
texas 15
milton h west
democratic
1933
re - elected
milton h west (d) 92.4% j a simpson (r) 7.6%
texas 16
r ewing thomason
democratic
1930
re - elected
r ewing thomason (d) unopposed
texas 17
clyde l garrett
democratic
1936
lost renomination democratic hold
sam m russell (d) unopposed
texas 19
george h mahon
democratic
1934
re - elected
george h mahon (d) unopposed