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Senfronia Thompson

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Senfronia Thompson
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 11, 1983
Preceded byConstituency established
Constituency141st district
In office
January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983
Preceded byGib Lewis
Succeeded byHomer Dear
Constituency89th district
Personal details
Born (1939-01-01) January 1, 1939 (age 85)
Booth, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materTexas Southern University (BS, MEd, JD)
University of Houston (LL.M)
ProfessionAttorney, educator

Senfronia Calpernia Thompson (born January 1, 1939) is a state legislator in Texas. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Texas House of Representatives since 1972 representing the 141st District. She is the former dean of women Legislators in Texas. She has been elected to 25 terms in office.[1] Thompson also advises the United Negro College Fund in Texas.

Biography

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Thompson was born in Booth, Texas and raised in Houston.[2] She has a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Master's degree in education from Texas Southern University; a Juris Doctor from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law; and a Master of Law in international law from the University of Houston. Thompson has two adult children, one grandson, one granddaughter and one great-granddaughter.[3]

She represents House District 141, which covers northeast Houston and the Humble area.

Thompson is the dean of women legislators, having served longer in the legislature than any other woman or African-American person in Texas history.[4] In October 2020, she filed to run for Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives,[5] but the Republican Party retained control of the chamber in the November 2020 election. On May 30, 2021, she described her own family's struggles to exercise their right to vote to fellow Texas House Democrats as they strategized how to block Senate Bill 7.[6] At 11:00 p.m., the Democrats staged a walkout of the House chamber to block a vote on the bill before the midnight deadline.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Evan (2021-01-19). "Point of Order: The Queen's Gambit". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  2. ^ "Senfronia Calpernia Thompson". Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Senfronia Thompson. Biography Texas House of Representatives. 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "The Rise of Women in State Legislatures: A State-by-State Map". Governing. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  5. ^ Pollock, Cassandra (2020-10-23). "Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson files to run for Speaker of the Texas House". The Texas Tribune.
  6. ^ Ura, Alexa (2021-06-01). "For Democrats of color, walkout on Texas voting bill was rooted in the long fight for equal voting rights". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  7. ^ Ura, Alexa (2021-05-31). "Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill before final deadline". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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