Texas's 3rd House of Representatives district

For the US House district, see Texas's 3rd congressional district.

District 3 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851).

Texas's 3rd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Cecil Bell Jr. R–Magnolia
Demographics	59.7% White 4.7% Black 29.7% Hispanic 3.5% Asian 2.4% Other
Population (2020)  • Voting age	202,477 147,859

The district has been represented by Republican Cecil Bell Jr. since January 8, 2013, upon his initial election to the Texas House.

As a result of redistricting after the 2020 Federal census, from the 2022 elections the district encompasses southwestern, and portions of southeastern and south central, Montgomery County. Major cities in the district include all of Magnolia and Stagecoach, and a portion of Conroe.

List of representatives

Leg.	Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Represented counties
3rd	James S. Gillett	Unknown	November 5, 1849	November 3, 1851	Lamar
4th	William F. Evans		November 3, 1851	November 7, 1853	Jefferson, Liberty, Polk, Tyler
5th	John H. Fowler		November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855	Lamar
	Jacob Lyday		November 7, 1853	November 5, 1855
6th	W. J. Bonner		November 5, 1855	November 2, 1857
	William M. Williams		November 5, 1855	November 2, 1857
7th	John H. Crook		November 2, 1857	November 7, 1859
	Eli J. Shelton		November 2, 1857	November 7, 1859
8th			November 7, 1859	November 4, 1861
	Micajah L. Armstrong		November 7, 1859	November 4, 1861
9th	John T. Bean		November 4, 1861	March 1, 1862	Hardin, Tyler
	Napoleon B. Charlton		February 6, 1863	November 2, 1863
10th	James W. Barclay, Sr.		November 2, 1863	August 6, 1866
11th	Charles H. Jones		August 6, 1866	February 7, 1870
12th	A. D. Elam	Democratic	November 30, 1869	February 14, 1870	Cherokee, Houston
			January 10, 1871	April 17, 1871
			October 31, 1871	January 14, 1873
	Leroy W. Cooper	Republican	February 8, 1870	August 15, 1870
	James R. Burnett		February 15, 1870	January 11, 1871
	Matthew A. Gaston	Democratic	February 8, 1870	January 14, 1873
	John C. English		January 11, 1871	April 17, 1871
	Frank Rainey		October 31, 1871	January 14, 1873
13th			January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
	U. G. M. Walker		January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
	John T. Smith		January 14, 1873	January 13, 1874
14th			January 13, 1874	February 16, 1874	Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
	Washington L. Denman		January 13, 1874	April 18, 1876
	William W. Davis		January 12, 1875	April 18, 1876
	John H. Stuart		January 12, 1875	April 18, 1876
15th	Thomas M. Stone		April 18, 1876	January 14, 1879	Jasper, Newton, Orange
16th	Thomas W. Ford		January 14, 1879	January 11, 1881
17th	Stephen Chanault		January 11, 1881	January 9, 1883
18th	James Lee		January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Jasper, Newton, Tyler
19th	Robert J. Brailsford		January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887
20th	Delaney E. Tompkins		January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889
21st	Henry R. Ralph		January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891
22nd	Charles E. Cade		January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893
23rd	Thomas D. Rowell Sr.		January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Bowie, Cass, Marion
24th	William T. Armistead		January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
25th	A. B. Flint		January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899	Bowie, Cass, Marion
26th	Louis S. Schluter		January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901
27th			January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903
28th	John W. Bolin		January 13, 1903	July 27, 1904	Morris, Red River, Titus
	Vacant	N/A	July 27, 1904	January 10, 1905
29th	M. G. Black	Democratic	January 10, 1905	January 8, 1907
30th	John M. Henderson		January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909
31st	Phillip B. Branch		January 12, 1909	January 10, 1911
32nd	T. R. Bolin		January 10, 1911	January 14, 1913
33rd	Thomas D. Rowell Sr.		January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Bowie, Cass, Marion
34th			January 12, 1915	October 19, 1916
	Vacant	N/A	October 19, 1916	January 9, 1917
35th	Joseph A. Dodd	Democratic	January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919
36th			January 14, 1919	January 11, 1921
37th	Peter G. Henderson		January 11, 1921	January 9, 1923
38th			January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925
39th	Thomas D. Rowell Jr.		January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927
40th			January 11, 1927	January 19, 1928
	Vacant	N/A	January 19, 1928	January 8, 1929
41st	Robert M. Hubbard	Democratic	January 8, 1929	January 13, 1931
42nd			January 13, 1931	January 10, 1933
43rd	E. H. Beck		January 10, 1933	January 8, 1935
44th			January 8, 1935	March 25, 1936
	Vacant	N/A	March 25, 1936	September 25, 1936
	George H. Harper	Democratic	September 25, 1936	January 12, 1937
45th			January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939
46th			January 10, 1939	November 27, 1940
	Vacant	N/A	November 27, 1940	January 14, 1941
47th	Newton W. McCann	Democratic	January 14, 1941	January 12, 1943
48th			January 12, 1943	January 9, 1945
49th	John P. Fant		January 9, 1945	January 14, 1947
50th			January 14, 1947	May 27, 1947
	Vacant	N/A	May 27, 1947	August 23, 1947
	Newton W. McCann	Democratic	August 23, 1947	January 11, 1949
51st			January 11, 1949	January 9, 1951
52nd			January 9, 1951	January 13, 1953
53rd	Benjamin P. Brooks		January 13, 1953	August 2, 1953	Camp, Red River, Titus
	Vacant	N/A	August 2, 1953	March 15, 1954
	George D. Ford	Democratic	March 15, 1954	January 11, 1955
54th			January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957
55th			January 8, 1957	January 13, 1959
56th	James Verne Adams		January 13, 1959	January 13, 1961
57th			January 13, 1961	January 8, 1963
58th	Lonnie N. Cowles		January 8, 1963	January 12, 1965	Harrison
59th			January 12, 1965	January 10, 1967
60th	Cread L. Ray, Jr.		January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969	Harrison, Panola
61st			January 14, 1969	January 12, 1971
62nd	Benjamin Z. Grant		January 12, 1971	January 9, 1973
63rd			January 9, 1973	January 14, 1975	Harrison, Rusk
64th			January 14, 1975	January 11, 1977
65th			January 11, 1977	January 9, 1979
66th			January 9, 1979	January 13, 1981
67th	James P. McWilliams		January 13, 1981	January 11, 1983
68th	Smith E. Gilley		January 11, 1983	January 8, 1985	Hunt, Rains, Rockwall, Wood
69th			January 8, 1985	January 13, 1987
70th	Alexander M. Aikin III		January 13, 1987	January 10, 1989
71st	William N. Thomas	Republican	January 10, 1989	January 8, 1991
72nd			January 8, 1991	January 12, 1993
73rd	Lyndon P. Patterson	Democratic	January 12, 1993	January 10, 1995	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains
74th			January 10, 1995	January 14, 1997
75th			January 14, 1997	January 12, 1999
76th	Mark S. Homer	Democratic	January 12, 1999	January 9, 2001
77th			January 9, 2001	January 14, 2003
78th			January 14, 2003	January 11, 2005	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River, Titus
79th			January 11, 2005	January 9, 2007
80th			January 9, 2007	January 13, 2009
81st			January 13, 2009	January 11, 2011
82nd	Erwin Cain	Republican	January 11, 2011	January 8, 2013
83rd	Cecil Bell Jr.		January 8, 2013	January 13, 2015	Montgomery, Waller
84th			January 13, 2015	January 10, 2017
85th			January 10, 2017	January 8, 2019
86th			January 8, 2019	January 12, 2021
87th			January 12, 2021	January 10, 2023
88th			January 10, 2023	Present	Montgomery