Third Texas Legislature

The Third Texas Legislature met from November 5, 1849 to December 3, 1850 in its regular session and two called sessions. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1849.

Sessions

• 3rd Regular session: November 5, 1849 – February 11, 1850
• 3rd First called session: August 12, 1850 – September 6, 1850
• 3rd Second called session: November 18, 1850 – December 3, 1850

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor

John Alexander Greer, Democrat

President pro tempore

Edward Burleson, Democrat

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House 

Charles G. Keenan, Democrat

Members

Senate

Members of the Texas Senate for the Third Texas Legislature:

District	Senator	Party	Took office
1	Matthias Ward	Democrat	1849
2	Albert Hamilton Latimer	Democrat	1849
3	Hart Hardin	Democrat	1849
4	Albert G. Walker	Democrat	1849
5	David Gage	Democrat	1847
6	James F. Taylor	Democrat	1849
7	Alfred M. Truitt	Democrat	1849
8	John H. McRae	Democrat	1847
9	John H. Moffitt	Democrat	1849
10	Isaac Parker	Democrat	1847
11	John B. Jones	Democrat	1849
12	Isaac W. Brashear	Democrat	1846
13	Jesse Grimes	Democrat	1846
14	Jerome Bonaparte “Polly” Robertson	Democrat	1849
15	Wilds K. Cooke	Democrat	1849
16	Edward Burleson	Democrat	1846
17	David Y. Portis	Democrat	1849
18	Alexander H. Phillips	Democrat	1846
19	Henry Lawrence Kinney	Democrat	1846
20	David C. Van Derlip	Democrat	1849
21	H. Clay Davis	Democrat	1849
22	Benjamin Rush Wallace	Democrat	1846

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives for the Third Texas Legislature:

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• Hamilton P. Bee
• Sam Bogart, Collin County
• Guy M. Bryan, Brazoria County
• George E. Burney, Democrat
• Anthony Butler, Democrat
• Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat
• David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
• Napoleon B. Charlton, Liberty County
• R.E. Clements
• Jeremiah M. Clough, Harrison County
• William M. Cochran
• William E. Crump, Austin County
• William G. Crump
• David C. Dickson, Grimes County
• William Fields, Liberty County
• Benjamin Cromwell Franklin, Galveston County Democrat
• James S. Gillet, Lamar County
• Thomas M. Hardeman
• William N. Hardeman, Nacogdoches County
• Harrison G. Hendricks, Fannin County
• James K. Holland, Panola County Democrat
• Zimri Hunt
• Joshua Foster Johnson, Titus County Democrat
• William G. W. Jowers, Houston County Democrat
• Charles G. Keenan, Democrat
• Henry M. Lewis
• Emery Lloyd, Rusk County
• Elisha E. Lott, Smith County
• Thomas F. McKinney, Galveston County
• John H. McNairy
• Elliott M. Millican, Brazos County
• Clark L. Owen
• Alfred E. Pace
• John Patrick, Brazos, Leon, and Robertson County
• John Polk, San Augustine County
• J.M. Reynolds
• Hardin R. Runnels, Bowie County
• William Jarvis Russell, Fayette County Democrat
• James W. Scott, Harris County
• Benjamin Selman, Cherokee County
• James Shaw
• John Shea, Harris County
• James G. Sheppard, Washington County
• Burrell P. Smith, Red River County
• J.M. Smith, Shelby County
• Joshua H. Speights
• Darwin M. Stapp
• Adolphus Sterne, Nacogdoches County Democrat
• William H. Stewart
• Edward H. Tarrant, Navarro County
• Benjamin E. Tarver, Washington County Democrat
• Joseph Taylor
• Marion D. K. Taylor, Cass County Democrat
• Wiliiam M. Whittlesey
• Louis T. Wigfall, Harrison County
• James C. Wilson
• William M. “Buckskin” Williams, Red River County Democrat
• James Charles Wilson, Democrat
• William M. “Buckskin” Williams, Red River County
• Edward H. Winfield, Cameron County Democrat
• Johnson Wren, Hopkins County

Membership Changes

Senate

District	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
District 4	Albert G. Walker	Senator Walker resigned March 30, 1850	Samuel R. Campbell	August 12, 1850
District 6	James F. Taylor	Senator Taylor resigned October 5, 1850.	James F. Taylor	November 18, 1850
District 11	John B. Jones	In an election contest, Elisha M. Pease unseated Senator Jones on November 9, 1849.	Elisha M. Pease	November 9, 1849

• ^ Campbell was elected in a special election on July 22, 1850.
• ^ After his resignation, Taylor was reelected in a special election.

External links

• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
• Legislative Reference Library