Party affiliation - 56th Legislature

  Totals based on membership as of first day of the regular session, January 13, 1959

House of Representatives

Democrats in the House of Representatives [149 of 150 = 99%]

James Verne Adams
John Allen
Louis Henry Anderson
Ben Atwell
Charles Lee Ballman
Raymond Arthur Bartram
Sam Howard Bass
Jim Bates
Marshall Odom Bell
A.J. Bishop
John E. Blaine
H.J. 'Doc' Blanchard
Robert Lee Bowers
Stanley Elo Boysen
Paul Brashear
Ronald W. Bridges
Jessie Gordon Bristow
J.W. Buchanan
Bob Bullock
Steve Burgess
Joseph Washington Burkett, Jr.
Jerry Butler
Joe Barnett Cannon
Waggoner Carr
Max Dan Carriker
Joseph Norwin Chapman
Jamie Hager Clements
Edward Jacob Cloud
Criss Cole
Harold H. Coley
Sam Forse Collins
Carl Calvin Conley
Jack Willard Connell
George Howell Cook
R.H. 'Dick' Cory
James Madison Cotten
Warren Clay Cowen
John Trimmier Morrison Cox
John Leake Crosthwait
Roger Irwin Daily
James Cochrane Day
Eligio de la Garza
Brownrigg Hefferron Dewey
Virginia Elizabeth Duff
Louis Dugas
William Taylor Dungan
Robert Christian Eckhardt
William Lawrence Ehrle
Anthony Paul Fenoglio
Wilson Foreman
Donald C. Gladden
Webster Winifred Glass
Benjamin Albert Glusing
Lloyd Myron Guffey
L. DeWitt Hale
D. Roy Harrington
W.S. 'Bill' Heatly
George T. Hinson
Bill Hollowell
James Conrad Hooks
John Andrew Huebner
Reagan Russell Huffman
Charles Ervin Hughes
Robert Higgins Hughes
Edgar Hutchins, Jr.
Maud Isaacks
Robert Clifton Jackson
Tom James
Alonzo Wesley Jamison
Benjamin Edward Jarvis
Robert E. Johnson
Dean Francis Johnston
Jerome Jones
Obie E. Jones
William Meshech Jones
Don Kennard
William Wayne Kilgarlin
Rufus Underwood Kilpatrick
Homer Louis Koliba
Tony Korioth
Peter Joseph La Valle
Yale Lary
Roy Truett Latimer
Oscar Manuel Laurel
Harold Adair Leaverton
Benjamin Harry Lewis
Lloyd C. Martin
Calvin Terry Matthew
Abe Mulkey Mays, Jr.
George Washington McCoppin
Scott McDonald
Frank Bobbitt McGregor
Malcolm McGregor
Grainger Walter McIlhany
James A. McKay
Clyde Curtis Miller
Robert Raymond Mullen
Menton J. Murray
Theodore Wade Myatt
William Thomas Oliver
Jesse Morgan Osborn
Harold Burton Parish
Samuel Holcroft Parsons
Cecil Wilton Pearcy
William Harold Pieratt
Maurice S. Pipkin
George L. Preston
Velma L. Ramsey
Jack Richardson
Wesley Brownlee Roberts
Mauro Rosas
Renal B. Rosson
Raymond Richard Russell
Jerry Sadler
Charles Lloyd Sandahl
Sanford Quest Schmid
Oswald Henry Schram
Frates Slick Seeligson
Tommy Shannon
William Edward Shaw
Richard C. Slack
Max Carlton Smith
Will L. Smith
Franklin Scott Spears
Wade Fetzer Spilman
Theodore Buchanan Springer
Vernon Stewart
Robert Leo Strickland
William A. 'Bill' Stroman
Ben Doyle Sudderth
Leslie Crump Terrell
Leon Thurman
Roger H. Thurmond, Jr.
Terry Townsend
Byron M. Tunnell
James Arthur 'Jimmy' Turman
Robert L. Vallance
Murray Watson, Jr.
Halen Gill Wells
Bob Wheeler
Joseph Charles Whitfield
George Truett Wilson
James Edgar Wilson
Joseph Edwin Winfree
William Darracott Winston
Henry Jackson Woods
William Neal Woolsey
Herman R. Yezak
J.C. 'Zeke' Zbranek

Other parties in the House of Representatives [1 of 150 = 1%]

Senate

Democrats in the Senate [31 of 31 = 100%]

Districts represented by more than one person
H District 23 Sam Howard Bass Democrat 01/13/1959 - 11/23/1959  
H District 23 Neil Caldwell Democrat 02/22/1960 - 01/10/1961   Not included in the statistics above.
H District 28 Jamie Hager Clements Democrat 01/13/1959 - 04/29/1960  
H District 28 George H. Richards Democrat 07/29/1960 - 01/10/1961   Not included in the statistics above.
H District 54 Bob Bullock Democrat 01/13/1959 - 10/18/1959  
H District 54 Ronald E. Roberts Democrat 01/09/1960 - 01/10/1961   Not included in the statistics above.
H District 61 Theodore Wade Myatt Democrat 01/13/1959 - 10/17/1959  
H District 61 J.E. Ward Democrat 02/12/1960 - 01/10/1961   Not included in the statistics above.
S District 17 Jimmy Phillips Democrat 01/13/1959 - 11/02/1959  
S District 17 A.R. 'Babe' Schwartz Democrat 01/09/1960 - 01/08/1963   Not included in the statistics above.