LEGISLATIVE · TX · 2003-2009
Tom Craddick
Speaker · House · Republican · Texas
On the record
First R Speaker since Reconstruction
Background
Between 2003 and 2009, Tom Craddick held the Speaker · House seat in Texas, a 6-year tenure. Took office after Pete Laney; succeeded by Joe Straus. Note: First R Speaker since Reconstruction. Same-year political environment (2003): Governor Rick Perry; Attorney General Greg Abbott; Secretary of State Geoffrey Connor.
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Others who held this office in Texas
- Dustin Burrows (2025-present)
- Dade Phelan (2021-2025)
- Dennis Bonnen (2019-2021)
- Joe Straus (2009-2019)
- Pete Laney (1993-2003)