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First Texas Legislature

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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.

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Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: February 16–May 13, 1846
  • 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
    John Brown, Democrat, acting Speaker March 3–9, 1846 Edward Thomas Branch, Democrat, acting Speaker March 9–16, 1846

    Senate

    Members of the Texas Senate for the First Texas Legislature:

    House of Representatives

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

  • 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
  • Samuel Fountain Moseley
  • 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
  • Senate

    Alyssa Petty Third Texas Senate

    References

    First Texas Legislature Wikipedia