Texas's 4th House of Representatives district

Texas's 4th State
House of Representatives
district
Texas's 4th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Keith Bell; R–Forney
Demographics	58.9% White; 14.4% Black; 22.5% Hispanic; 1.8% Asian; 2.4% Other
Population (2020); • Voting age	195,819; 143,550

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.^[1]

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.^[2] The district also includes the main campus of Trinity Valley Community College and all of Cedar Creek Reservoir.

List of representatives

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

References

^ "Texas House of Representatives District 4". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov.
^ "Legislative Reference Library of Texas". www.lrl.state.tx.us. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

[1] "Texas House of Representatives District 4". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[2] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov.

[3] "Legislative Reference Library of Texas". www.lrl.state.tx.us. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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