The Fifth Texas Legislature met from November 7, 1853 to February 13, 1854 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1853.
5th Regular session: November 7, 1853 – February 13, 1854
Lieutenant Governor
David Catchings Dixon, Democrat
President pro tempore
M. D. K. Taylor, Democrat, Regular session
Guy Morrison Bryan, Democrat, Regular session
Speaker of the House
Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
Members of the Texas Senate for the Fifth Texas Legislature:
Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Texas Legislature:
John David German Adrian
Hamilton P. Bee
William H. Bourland, Democrat
George E. Burney
Horace Cone
David Catchings Dickson, Democrat
Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
Lindsay Hagler, San Patricio County
John Byler Mallard
Samuel A. Maverick, Democrat,
William Menefee
Emory Rains
James Reily
Hardin Richard Runnels, Democrat
Moses Fisk Roberts
Gustav Schleicher
Charles William Tait
Robert H. Taylor
Amasa Turner
George Washington Whitmore
Wesley Clark Walker, Democrat
