title: Fifty-fifth Texas Legislature
text: # Fifty-fifth Texas Legislature
  
  The 55th Texas Legislature met from January 8, 1957, to May 23, 1957, and in two special sessions in November - December of that same year. All members present during this session were elected in the 1956 general elections.
  
  ## Sessions
  
  Regular Session: January 8, 1957 - May 23, 1957
  
  1st Called Session: October 14, 1957 - November 12, 1957
  
  2nd Called Session: November 13, 1957 - December 3, 1957
  
  ## Party summary
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Note |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Party | 31 | |
  | Total | Total | 31 | |
  
  ### House
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Note |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Party | 150 | |
  | Total | Total | 150 | |
  
  ## Officers
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Lieutenant Governor: Ben Ramsey (D)
  * President Pro Tempore: Ottis E. Lock (D), Carlos C. Ashley, Sr. (D),
  
  Searcy Bracewell (D), William T. "Bill" Moore (D) and Jep S. Fuller (D)
  
  ### House
  
  * Speaker of the House: Waggoner Carr (D)
  
  ## Members
  
  ### House
  
  The House was composed of 150 Democrats.
  
  House members included future federal judge Barefoot Sanders and future Congressmen Kika de la Garza and Joe Pool, as well as future Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, future Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr, and future Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Legislative Reference Library of Texas,
  