First Texas Legislature
The First Texas Legislature convened from February 16 to May 13, 1846 in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on October 13, 1845 that ratified the proposed state constitution.
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: February 16–May 13, 1846
Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Albert Clinton Horton, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- Edward Burleson, Democrat
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- William Crump, Democrat, February 16 – May 1, 1846
- William H. Bourland, Democrat, May 1–11, 1846
- Stephen W. Perkins, Democrat, May 11–13, 1846
- Speaker of the House pro tempore[1]
- John Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846[2]
- Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker March 9–16, 1846[3]
Members
Senate
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 |
House of Representatives
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 Cazneau
- 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
- Arthur Swift
- B. F. Tankersly
- James A. Truitt, Democrat
- White
- Williams
- James Willie
Membership changes
Senate
| District | Outgoing Senator |
Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 3 | William Thomas Scott | Scott resigned June 5, 1847 due to an eye disease. | Edward Clark[5] | December 13, 1847 |
| District 4 | Joseph Lewis Hogg | Hogg was granted a leave of absence May 4, 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 May 4, 1846 |
| District 7 | George Tyler Wood | Wood was granted a leave of absence May 4, 1846 to join the Second Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers for the Mexican-American War, and resigned before September 4, 1847. | William C. Abbott[6] | December 13, 1847 |
| District 11 | Thomas Freeman McKinney | McKinney resigned after the end of the session (May 13, 1846). | Richard Bache[7] | December 13, 1847 |
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Notes
- ↑ 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. pp. 105–106, 160–162. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
- ↑ 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. pp. 67–8, 104–5. Retrieved January 12, 2007.
- ↑ Bourland was a floating senator "conjointly" elected from Bowie, Red River, Fannin, and Lamar counties
- ↑ Clark was elected in a special election on November 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- ↑ Abbott was elected in a special election on November 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
- ↑ Bache was elected in a special election on December 1, 1847 and was sworn in with the Second Texas Legislature.
References
- Presiding officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2002: prepared by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council. Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. (Rev. 2002 ed.). Austin, Texas: The Council. 2002. OCLC 49526832.
External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
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