Texas's 16th congressional district

Texas’s 16th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves El Paso and the surrounding area in the state of Texas. At one time, the 16th stretched across 42000 sqmi, from El Paso in the west to the Permian Basin (Midland and Odessa) in the east. However, after Texas’ original 1960 district map was thrown out as a result of, the 16th was shrunk down to El Paso and most of its suburbs. The current Representative from 16th District is Silvestre Reyes.

Counties partially within the district

 * El Paso

Cities wholly within the district

 * El Paso
 * Fabens
 * Socorro

History of Texas’s 16th District
Texas received an sixteenth congressional district through reapportionment in 1901 as a result of population growth reflected in the 1900 Census. In the 1902 elections William Robert Smith, a Democrat, was elected as the district’s first representative.

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