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First Texas Legislature
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The First Texas Legislature convened from 16 February to 13 May 1846 in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on 13 October 1845 that ratified the proposed state constitution.
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- 1st Regular session: 16 February–13 May 1846
- Lieutenant Governor
- Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edward Burleson, Democrat
- Speaker of the House
- William Crump, Democrat, 16 February–1 May 1846
- William H. Bourland, Democrat, 1 May 1846–
- Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat
- Speaker of the House pro tempore[1]
- John Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker 3 March–9 March 1846[2]
- Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker 9 March-16 March 1846[3]
Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:
| District | Senator | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William M. “Buckskin” Williams | 1846 | |
| 2 | Ballard C. Bagby | 1846 | |
| 3 | William Thomas Scott | 1846 | |
| 4 | Joseph Lewis Hogg | 1846 | |
| 5 | Benjamin Rush Wallace | 1846 | |
| 6 | Jesse J. Robinson | 1846 | |
| 7 | George Tyler Wood | Democrat | 1846 |
| 8 | Henry J. Jewett | 1846 | |
| 9 | Jesse Grimes | 1846 | |
| 10 | Isaac W. Brashear | 1846 | |
| 11 | Thomas Freeman McKinney | 1846 | |
| 12 | John Greenville McNeill | 1846 | |
| 13 | Philip Minor Cuney | 1846 | |
| 14 | John F. Miller | 1846 | |
| 15 | Edward Burleson | 1846 | |
| 16 | Robert McAlpin Williamson | 1846 | |
| 17 | Alexander H. Phillips | 1846 | |
| 18 | José Antonio Navarro | 1846 | |
| 19 | Henry Lawrence Kinney | 1846 | |
| F | James G. Bourland[4] | 1846 |
Members of the House of Representatives for the First Texas Legislature:
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- Adams
- Barry
- William H. Bourland, Democrat
- Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat
- John Brown, Democrat
- James M. Burroughs
- William Leslie Cazenau
- Charleton
- Edward Clark, Democrat
- Wilds K. Cook, Democrat
- James Cronican
- William E. Crump, Democrat
- Echols
- Nicholas Henry Darnell
- David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
- Dupree
- Durham
- Echols
- Eddy
- Haden Harrison Edwards
- George Bernard Erath
- James Shackleford Gillett
- Gilliam
- Benjamin Gooch
- Peter W. Gray
- James Wilson Henderson, Democrat
- Spearman Holland
- Volney E. Howard
- Hudson
- Robert Anderson Irion
- Jones
- Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
- Evans Mabry
- John N. McClarty
- McCown
- Benjamin McCulloch
- Thomas Stuart McFarland
- McNeill
- Elliott McNeil Millican
- Steward Alexander Miller
- Muckleroy
- Mullens
- Noble
- Duncan Campbell Ogden
- George A. Pattillo
- Elisha M. Pease
- Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat
- Perry
- Railey
- Rayner
- Samuel Redgate, Democrat
- John Washington Rose
- Alexander J. Russell
- Ryburn
- William Turner Sadler
- Savage
- Ashbel Smith
- James Smith
- Charles Bellinger Tate Stewart, Democrat
- Henry Williams Sublett, Democrat
- B. F. Tankersly
- James A. Truitt, Democrat
- White
- Williams
- James Willie
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 3 | William Thomas Scott | Scott resigned 5 June 1847 due to an eye disease. | Edward Clark[5] | 13 December 1847 |
| District 4 | Joseph Lewis Hogg | Hogg was granted a leave of absence 4 May 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned some time after that. | Isaac Parker | after 4 May 1846 |
| District 7 | George Tyler Wood | Wood was granted a leave of absence 4 May 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned before 4 September 1847. | William C. Abbott[6] | 13 December 1847 |
| District 11 | Thomas Freeman McKinney | McKinney resigned after the end of the session (13 May 1846). | Richard Bache[7] | 13 December 1847 |
- ^ Speaker Crump received a leave of absence during his term of office. Representatives Brown and Branch, each elected in turn as Speaker of the House pro tempore, acted as Speaker during Crump’s absence.
- ^ Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (pdf), Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office, 105–106, 160–162. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
- ^ Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (pdf), Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office, 67–8, 104–5. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
- ^ Bourland was a floating senator “conjointly” elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties
- ^ Clark was elected in a special election on 1 November 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- ^ Abbott was elected in a special election on 1 November 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- ^ Bache was elected in a special election on 1 December 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- (2002) Presiding officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2002: prepared by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council., Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council., Rev. 2002, Austin, Texas: The Council. OCLC 49526832.
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
- Billhop - Texas Legislative Wiki
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| 21 (1889) | 22 (1891) | 23 (1893) | 24 (1895) | 25 (1897) | 26 (1899) | 27 (1901) | 28 (1903) | 29 (1905) | 30 (1907) | |
| 31 (1909) | 32 (1911) | 33 (1913) | 34 (1915) | 35 (1917) | 36 (1919) | 37 (1921) | 38 (1923) | 39 (1925) | 40 (1927) | |
| 41 (1929) | 42 (1931) | 43 (1933) | 44 (1935) | 45 (1937) | 46 (1939) | 47 (1941) | 48 (1943) | 49 (1945) | 50 (1947) | |
| 51 (1949) | 52 (1951) | 53 (1953) | 54 (1955) | 55 (1957) | 56 (1959) | 57 (1961) | 58 (1963) | 59 (1965) | 60 (1967) | |
| 61 (1969) | 62 (1971) | 63 (1973) | 64 (1975) | 65 (1977) | 66 (1979) | 67 (1981) | 68 (1983) | 69 (1985) | 70 (1987) | |
| 71 (1989) | 72 (1991) | 73 (1993) | 74 (1995) | 75 (1997) | 76 (1999) | 77 (2001) | 78 (2003) | 79 (2005) | ||
| Current: | 80 (2007) | |||||||||
| Future: | 81 (2009) | |||||||||