texas 's 5th congressional district 

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since 1947 , the designated day for take and leave office have be on jan 3
george washington jones be the only greenback representative
the 5th district representative be mostly democrat
since 1915 , the 5th district have be locate in waxahachie
since 1947 , the designated day for take and leave office have be on march 4
george washington jones be 1 of 2 greenback representative
the 5th district representative be mostly republican
the current congressional representative for the 5th district of texas be pete session
name
took office
left office
party
district residence
district created march 4 , 1875
district created march 4 , 1875
district created march 4 , 1875
district created march 4 , 1875
district created march 4 , 1875
john hancock
march 4 , 1875
march 3 , 1877
democrat
austin
dewitt clinton giddings
march 4 , 1877
march 3 , 1879
democrat
brenham
george washington jones
march 4 , 1879
march 3 , 1883
greenback
bastrop
james w throckmorton
march 4 , 1883
march 3 , 1887
democrat
mckinney
silas hare
march 4 , 1887
march 3 , 1891
democrat
sherman
name
took office
left office
party
district residence
joseph w bailey
march 4 , 1891
march 3 , 1901
democrat
gainesville
choice b randell
march 4 , 1901
march 3 , 1903
democrat
sherman
james andrew beall
march 4 , 1903
march 3 , 1915
democrat
waxahachie
hatton w sumners
march 4 , 1915
january 3 , 1947
democrat
dallas
joseph franklin wilson
january 3 , 1947
january 3 , 1955
democrat
dallas
bruce reynolds alger
january 3 , 1955
january 3 , 1965
republican
dallas
name
took office
left office
party
district residence
earle cabell
january 3 , 1965
january 3 , 1973
democrat
dallas
alan steelman
january 3 , 1973
january 3 , 1977
republican
dallas
jim mattox
january 3 , 1977
january 3 , 1983
democrat
dallas
john w bryant
january 3 , 1983
january 3 , 1997
democrat
dallas
pete sessions
january 3 , 1997
january 3 , 2003
republican
dallas
jeb hensarling
january 3 , 2003
present
republican
dallas